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English: A U.S. soldier of the 40th Signal Battalion installs telephone wires at Bingerbrück, Germany, 8 April 1945. Bingen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof (train station) is visible in the background, with the "Mäuseturm" in the Rhine and castle Ehrenfels on the opposite side of the river.
Original Caption: "Sgt. Stanley Barreteau (of New York, New York), fastens open wire to insulator at Bingen, Germany. He is a linesman of the 40th Signal Battalion, of the U.S. Twelfth Army Group, which is working on an open-wire construction project, largest of its kind ever undertaken by a signal unit. The Rhine River is in the background." Original Signal Corps Number: ETO-HQ-45-31014. Photographer: T/5 Russ Grant
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Author T/5 Russ Grant, U.S. Army, U.S. Army Signal Corps photo 111-SC-207382
Camera location49° 58′ 09.77″ N, 7° 52′ 44.8″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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