U.S. forces in the French Alps load 75mm. shells onto an overhead line to supply an isolated howitzer emplacement. – Vintage Photograph

U.S. forces in the French Alps load 75mm. shells onto an overhead line to supply an isolated howitzer emplacement.U.S. forces in the French Alps load 75mm. shells onto an overhead line to supply an isolated howitzer emplacement.

Dimensions: 10.3 x 21.4 cm

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& allier tr DEFENDERS OF THE FRENCH FRONTIER: HEMOTE AMERI OA OUTPOSTS IN THE AT.PE Since the Riviera invasion the 44th. American Brigade and other units have held the most remote Allied front in Europe – in the Alps, botween France and Italy. Seldom in the war reports, the unspectacular job done by the packhorse artillery of this Alpine force has been carried out through the bitter Winter under arduous conditions, often in the clouds, sometimes above them, and always surrounded by snow and ice. Guns, ammunition and heavy supplies had to be moved by mule train; when this was impossible the men raised a funicular line between the mountain tops to get their 75mm. howitzers into new positions. Now, with the coming of Spring. their fight against the Germans and Italians on Kesselring’s bright flank will proceed in sunshine and clear weather, with firm, dry emplacements for and eng PHOTO SHOWS:- Men of the 44th. American Brigade load 75mm. shells on the overhead line to an isolated howitzer emplacement in the French Alps. GX 450 Gaiger Planet March 1945 PN Cens or No. 394511