[two men in uniform with arms around each other in front of American flag "Bill & Bud / near the U.S.O. / June 6 1943 / Bill killed / in action/ Germany / Feb. 20 44"]

[two men in uniform with arms around each other in front of American flag "Bill & Bud / near the U.S.O. / June 6 1943 / Bill killed / in action/ Germany / Feb. 20 44"]

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[two men in uniform with arms around each other in front of American flag "Bill & Bud / near the U.S.O. / June 6 1943 / Bill killed / in action/ Germany / Feb. 20 44"]
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  • [two men in uniform with arms around each other in front of American flag "Bill & Bud / near the U.S.O. / June 6 1943 / Bill killed / in action/ Germany / Feb. 20 44"]
DateJune 6, 1943
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 3/16 × 2 1/8 in. (8.1 × 5.4 cm)
 Sheet: 3 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (9.5 × 7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2014.530
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenancePeter J. Cohen, New York; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top and center in ink: Bill & Bud / near the U.S.O. / June 6, 1943; lower left in pencil: Bill killed / IN ACTION / Germany / Feb.20.44

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