119A-DS49-Blurry-PontaubaultAreaSign-Sep44
Mr. Smith's notes identified this photo as being taken in the Metz, Lorraine, area, but the sign (although blurry) identifies the towns in Brittany, as Pontorson and Précey along the N175 route (S and SE of Mont St. Michel), so this photo may have been taken in the vicinity of Pontaubault, south of Avranches - early Aug. 1944. (One of my 119th veteran contacts, Mr. [Cpl] Howard Simon, went to Mont St. Michel as the driver for the Battalion S2 Intelligence Officer, Capt. Ernest Adams, on a recon trip, but they were apparently kicked out when it was made "off-limits" by the brass.)
119A-DS49-Blurry-PontaubaultAreaSign-Sep44
Mr. Smith's notes identified this photo as being taken in the Metz, Lorraine, area, but the sign (although blurry) identifies the towns in Brittany, as Pontorson and Précey along the N175 route (S and SE of Mont St. Michel), so this photo may have been taken in the vicinity of Pontaubault, south of Avranches - early Aug. 1944. (One of my 119th veteran contacts, Mr. [Cpl] Howard Simon, went to Mont St. Michel as the driver for the Battalion S2 Intelligence Officer, Capt. Ernest Adams, on a recon trip, but they were apparently kicked out when it was made "off-limits" by the brass.)