That jeep driver isn’t wasting time! He’s outta there!
“1944- American tank destroyer and jeeps racing towards Falaise, France, to close the Falaise Pocket. Smoke from burning German equipment rising in background. Photo measures approx. 6 1/2″ x 8 1/2″”
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This version of the photo appeared on eBay in January of 2017:
“ORIGINAL WWII PHOTO – ORIGINAL TO THE TIME – NOT A COPY, SCAN, OR REPRO
QUANTITY: 1 – See the other original WWI & WWII photos that I have listed.
SUBJECT: Original WWII Press Photo of American tank destroyer and jeeps racing towards Falaise, France, to close the Falaise Pocket and trap six German divisions.
DATE: August 24, 1944 – photo does not glow under a black light.
SIZE: 5″ x 7″
CONDITION: Very Good; see scans.
BACK: Has paper tag with typed description and date. See second scan.
SOURCE: From the archives of the World War History & Art Museum (WWHAM) in Alliance, Ohio. WWHAM designs and delivers WWI and WWII exhibits to other rmuseums. Our traveling exhibts include Brushes With War, a world class collection of 325 original paintings and drawings by soldiers of WWI, and Iron Fist, an HO scale model of the German 2nd Panzer Division in 1944 with 4,000 vehicles and 15,000 men.”
That’s one long dust trail! He is obviously not operating the jeep per listed dash speed limit! I would guess he found out “Kilroy” had already been there. I haven’t seen that much dust kicked up since a young kid here when our local Andy and Barney Five were after Moonshiners! LOL