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Caption | African American US Army soldiers T/5 William E. Thomas and Private First Class Joseph Jackson marking artillery shells as Easter presents for Adolf Hitler, 10 Mar 1945 ww2dbase | |
Date | 10 Mar 1945 | |
Photographer | John D. Moore | |
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | |
Identification Code | 111-SC-202330 | |
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Photos on Same Day | 10 Mar 1945 | |
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |
Photo Size | 1,368 x 1,121 pixels |
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5 Mar 2012 07:02:53 AM
Wonderful photo, but something has me puzzled. Most every instance I find online of this photo dates it as March 10, 1945, and carries a description naming the two GIs and often the photographer as you do here. Most label it as being Easter morning. Problem is that Easter in 1945 fell on April 1, not March 10. Could the date be wrong? Or was the photo staged three weeks early? One online source I found says that this was originally a propaganda picture released in the hopes of recruiting more African-American soldiers to join the 92nd infantry. If so, it could have been taken anywhere, even stateside. Can anyone help me shed better light on this?