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| This newsboy sits on a D.C. sidewalk, counting his change. |
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| "ALLIED ARMIES AT LAST BARRIER SHORT OF RHINE" and in the photo, a man leans over to examine some smashed thing. What is it? |
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| Which of these images do you like better? Top one is "Enhanced" by iPhoto; bottom one is not. If you don't give me your opinion I'll just do what I want. See the wire with which the roll of papers had been bound? |
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| "PATTON GAINS 2 TO 5 MILES" and "Patton (something) Only (something) 9th Army (something)" |
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| Which of these images do you like better? Top one is "Enhanced" by iPhoto; bottom one is not. If you don't give me your opinion I'll just do what I want. |
I have tried to date this photo by way of these newspapers, but have had no luck yet googling Times-Herald or The News plus headlines or headline keywords. Maybe someone smarter than I will figure it out and write to me.
In the meantime, we some dates and approximate dates.
Late August 1944: Patton, having raced from the Seine to Lorraine, runs out of gas; Eisenhower refrains from sending other, slower, Armies' gas to Patton.
September 1944: Wehrmacht can't believe their luck, use subsequent weeks to strengthen defensive fortifications at Metz;
The die is cast: World War II will now end months later than otherwise, and will include a Battle of the Bulge.
09/07/44: Patton sends General Stafford LeRoy Irwin to cross the Moselle.
Is this the subject of these our Mystery Date headlines? Is the "Barrier" the Moselle River?
11/08/44: Patton's first units advance on Metz,
Is Metz, city and fortress, the subject of these our Mystery Date headlines? Is the "Barrier" Metz?
11/18/44: U.S. Army enters Metz.
11/25/44: Metz, city and fortress, capitulates, captured for the first time since 451 A.D., when it was Roman "Divodurum," sacked by Attila.
12/09/44: date of orders for Pfc. Eugene Zdrojewski and three others to entrain for California within the following two days.
Julie
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