This is the newspaper clipping Dad carried all those years without showing it to anyone! It was published in Yank, 6 August 1944 British Edition.
Another similar photo we found of the same scene (and there are many signal corps shots) had the following caption:
Price of Victory
St. Lo, France--A knocked out American tank destroyer, with the body of a dead Yank lying n the road behind it, marks this crossroads in St. Lo, after U.S. forces entered the town.
Found this on the internet, looks like your Dad’s photo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosnormandie/6642120267/
ReplyDeleteJuly 19, 1944, two American soldiers advancing timidly in the street, to the attention of any sign of the enemy near. Two American destroyer tanks are already out of use along the gutter a dead GI's 115th IR and equipment scattered (there are at least four helmets and packages certainly wounded evacuated)
Carrefour de la Bascule Saint Lô, left the restaurant J. Malherbe, the 1/115th Inf. Maj Rgt. Johns has installed its PC throne above the flag of the 29th ID, planted by Sgt Davis.
The Tank Destroyer killed is the Capt. Sidney A. Vincent of B Co 803rd Tank Destroyer Bn of (SP) destroyed by 8, 8 cm, which will also cause damage to the PC 1/115th.
And this one too http://www.flickr.com/photos/photosnormandie/6642116243/
Thanks for the blog…Drew
Thanks Drew, That's it....seems to be many photographs of that intersection. Of course, St Lo was completely rebuilt but we think we know the intersection. If we're correct, it's a huge roundabout intersection with a monument to Major Howie. We have read a lot of 803rd reports and many were signed by your grandfather Col. Goodwin. From all reports he was an amazing leader. Joyce
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