Black American soldiers from the 161st Chemical Smoke Generating Company, U.S. The Third Army is preparing to fire an M-2 smoke generator used to create a large cloud of white smoke that was used to mask the construction of a bridge over the Saar River in the Wallerfangen region of Germany.
An American soldier on the left rolls a barrel of oil towards a smoke generator further down.
Source of American Soldiers Photo: US National Archives.
Location: Wallerfangen, Germany
Photo time: 11 Dec 1944
Photo by: Rothenberger