Sergeant Paul Campbell (foreground) of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, accompanied by two infantrymen, searches lined-up civilians in Recklinghausen, Germany for concealed weapons April, 26,1945.
Photograph | Photograph Number: 49996
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1945 April 26
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WORLD WAR II: ALLIED WAR EFFORT -- Allied Invasion/Fighting Units -- Military Action
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Joseph Eaton
Sergeant Paul Campbell (foreground) of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, accompanied by two infantrymen, searches lined-up civilians in Recklinghausen, Germany for concealed weapons April, 26,1945.
They are looking for a Nazi sniper who fired on a Ninth U.S Army soldier. Recklinghausen, a Ruhr town 23 miles northeast of Duisburg, was captured April 3. [original caption]
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