An American officer and a French partisan during a street fight – 1944
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Bet they both think the photographer is gonna get shot
Posed after the fact.
Look at this French guy looking cooler than I ever will
Notice the two policemen casually standing by
Either this photo was staged or the American officer just called in an artillery strike and they are waiting for the fireworks
Yeah right. What movie was this from?
More like on the set of a movie with a street fight. The Frenchman doesn’t even have his beret, thin mustache or turtleneck.
Research: The Battle of Marseille was an urban battle of World War II that took place August 21–28, 1944
Official caption on front: “7/MM-44-25053.” Official caption on reverse: “26 August 1944 7/MM-44-25053 / Marseilles, France / Lt. Edwin E. Dowell, Portland Ore. and French Partisan wait in a Marseille street for an enemy to show himself.
Photo by Brinn / 163rd Signal photo Co.” Marseille, France. 26 August 1944
Edwin E Dowell was born in 1916, in Canada. He had at least 1 daughter with Miriam Elaine Rudy. He lived in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1930. He died on 5 January 1997, in Clallam, Washington, United States, at the age of 81.
still…finger on the trigger?
Looks like capt. Nixon
Propaganda shot