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ORIGINAL WWII PHOTO & NEGATIVE - ORIGINAL TO THE TIME - NOT A COPY, SCAN, OR REPRO
QUANTITY: 1 + 1 - See the other original WWI & WWII photos that I have listed.
ITEM: Original WWII Photo & Corresponding Negative of DUMMY TANK built by Company C, 84th Camouflage Engineers Battalion at Fort Clayton, Panama Canal Zone, 1942-1943. Stamped RESTRICTED on the back. Company C was commanded by Captain Webber who these came from. Their emblem was a Chameleon and their motto was, \"We conceal.\" Anticipating a Japanese attack on Panama and having limited resources, the 84th Camo Engineers built many dummies to fool any would be invaders. Later the 84th Camo Engineers served at Anzio, Rome, Invasion of Southern France, and Germany. See scans. See the companion photos and negatives that I have listed separately.
SORRY. I WILL NOT SELL OR SHIP THIS ITEM TO RUSSIA, AFRICA, OR SOUTH AMERICA DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH POSTAL SYSTEMS.
DATE: Circa 1942-1943 - photo does not glow under a black light.
SIZE: 4\" x 5\"
CONDITION: Very Good; See scans..
BACK: See last 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 museums. Our traveling exhibits 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.
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