American ambulance waiting outside a bombed building in Bastogne, Belgium while a searcher looked for persons injured during the ten-day defense by US 101st Airborne Division, 26 Dec 1944

Historical Information
Caption     American ambulance waiting outside a bombed building in Bastogne, Belgium while a searcher looked for persons injured during the ten-day defense by US 101st Airborne Division, 26 Dec 1944 ww2dbase
Date 26 Dec 1944
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   12010180
 
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Photos on Same Day 26 Dec 1944
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 927 x 712 pixels



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1. fabrice says:
24 Jan 2011 04:22:08 AM

It's in my town, the main place in Bastogne theatre of Battle of the buldge. Bastogne nuts City, the town of Gl Mc Auliffe
2. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
2 Aug 2023 12:33:14 PM

Note that this ambulance has no white star on the door. Ambulances were originally intended by the Geneva and Hague accords to be vehicles of mercy without being on one side of the conflict or the other. For this reason, the accords stated that ambulances should be marked with the “Geneva Cross” (red cross on white background) and without national markings. The WC54 ambulance were shipped from the factories marked this way but quite often, once they arrived in-theater, the motor pools marked them with white stars on the doors & hood, just like all other GI vehicles.

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