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1. Stolberg, Germany, reconnaissance photo

Stolberg, Germany, reconnaissance photo

Date:: 1944-10-28
Description:: Oblique reconnaissance photograph with Merton grid of Stolberg, Germany October 28th, 1944. Photograph was used the following day for artillery adjustments during the assault on Stolberg.

2. Reconnaissance based artillery adjustments, article

Reconnaissance based artillery adjustments, article

Date:: 1944
Description:: Article from the Star-Telegram touting the success of air reconnaissance based artillery adjustments, "Arty/R". The 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group took part in this technique.

3. Orival bridge, Seine River, reconnaissance photos

Orival bridge, Seine River, reconnaissance photos

Date:: 1944
Description:: "Destruction." Three aerial photographs of the Orival rail bridge over the river Seine -- before, during and after destruction.

4. Tactical reconnaissance outfits, article

Tactical reconnaissance outfits, article

Date:: 1944-10
Description:: Article from "Air Force, the Official Service Journal of the U.S. Army Air Forces" touting the efficacy of tactical reconnaissance outfits.

5. Siegfried Line, reconnaissance photos

Siegfried Line, reconnaissance photos

Date:: 1944
Description:: Newspaper clipping from the Louisville Times about Louisville residents, including Lawrence Layden, who were members of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Unit that received the Presidential Unit Citation. Included are three reconnaissance photographs showing pill boxes and dragons teeth in the Siegfried Line near Aachen and the Hurtgen Forest in Germany.