| Object ID |
CF1973.006.0011 |
| Description |
Painting, Watercolor; German firing position in hedgerow, Normandy, France; ladder leading into top of tree at right; ammunition can & dead bird in Forground; study of German organization of deliverate defense by Headquarters XIX Corpsl signed at bottom left by Henry Jay MacMillan; w/ white mat & silver frame. |
| Dimensions |
H-50 W-41 cm |
| Made |
MacMillan, Henry Jay |
| Notes |
973.6.11
1.Untitled
Normandy, France, 1944
Watercolor on paper
Machine gun position carved by the Germans in the hedgerow. The foxhole where gunners slept is under the corrugated tin camaflouged with turf. There was no living thing left in these hedgerows, even the birds lay dead on the ground, probaly killed by our artillery or mortar fire.
A German firing position was situated in a hedgerow with an observation post in the tree above. A German MG-42 machine gun ammunition can lay in the foreground. |
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