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File:M4 burning leipzig.jpg

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Deutsch: Brennender M4-Sherman-Panzer des US-741. Panzerbataillons, unterstellte Einheit der 2. US-Infanteriedivision in der Leipziger Karl-Heine-Straße Ecke heutige Zschochersche Straße
English: C 206454 - M4 tank of Sgt. George K. Cuthbert, Jr., Company C, 741st Tank Battalion, burns at the intersection of Karl Heine Str. and Zschochersche Str., Leipzig, Germany, 18 April 1945. The entire crew, Sgt. George K. Cuthbert, Jr., Cpl. Kenneth W. Nickel, Pfc. Charles Lombardo, Pfc. George R. Wilson, and Pfc. William E. Glatt, perished in the battle. The company was attached to the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division.
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Source http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/matrix/2ID/2ID-Photos.htm or http://www.history.army.mil/images/matrix/2id/photos/SC206454.jpg http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll8/id/3512 pp 9, 15.
Author T/5 R. W. Crampton, US Army
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Camera location51° 19′ 56.28″ N, 12° 20′ 19.86″ E  Heading=19° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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01:17, 24 September 2005Thumbnail for version as of 01:17, 24 September 20051,649 × 2,119 (657 KB)Harald HansenTaken from: www.army.mil/cmh-pg/ matrix/2ID/2ID-Photos.htm Caption: "C 206454 - M-4 tank of Armored battalion attached to 2d Infantry Division, U.S. First Army, burns in street of Leipzig, Germany. 741st Tank Battalion attached to 23d Infantry Regiment,
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