.50 Caliber trailer mount

Name/Title

.50 Caliber trailer mount

Entry/Object ID

2024.1.340

Description

Original Signal Corps image of field made .50 machine gun trailer "This home made field piece, especially made by Tech 5 Dale P. Curtis R.D. #2 Granville Ohio. He reconverted a .50 Caliber machine gun using scrap pieces and equipped it with a 20 power scope. The gun was used in street fighting in Saarlautern Germany, and was (unreadable) by by all ho have een it in action." Co. F 2nd BN (censored) 95th Div (censored) Germany. Has censor stamp dared 30 January 1945

Photograph Details

Subject Place

County

Germany

Cataloged By

Chris Causley

Acquisition

Accession

2024.1

Made/Created

Artist

PFC C F Colwell

Studio

US Army Signal Corps

Date made

Jun 26, 1945

Time Period

World War Two

Location

Location

Binder

WWII War Armor Folder

Shelf

Archive Room Shelf D

Room

Archive room

Category

Archive