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[Photograph negative of two men]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.02.644 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph negative Date: circa 1942 Pagination: 1 photograph negative ; Order a Copy

One photograph negative of two men dated circa 1942. Features two men posing next to a sign for the Rhine Railroad Bridge Wesel. The sign proclaims that it was built by the 1056 Engineer Group and lists the commanders. A smaller sign below proclaims that it has been dedicated to Major Robert A. Gouldin, Corporal Anthony F. Wedge, and Private Evandro L. Contri, who died building the bridge. Same location as GLC10047.02.632, but a different angle.

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