21 June 2022 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

An American soldier from Company B, 68th Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division, engages German snipers entrenched in a spire of the church of Saint-Michel. Alsace, France. February 6 1945


PFC Ray F. Lohof, B Company, 68th AIB, being helped off a tank after the battle of Ober-Otterbach, 18 December 1944.

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[Flying10uk]

church of Saint-Michel. Alsace

Does the church still exist because I couldn't find it on the net?

[Bob Womack]

I couldn't find it either and suspect that it is mislabeled. It might be a church in Saint-Michel, a city in Alsace

Bob

[Flying10uk]

Or perhaps it's no longer a church and hence can't be found on the net?

[Mark in Rochester]

An American soldier from Company B, 68th Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division, engages German snipers entrenched in a spire of the church of Saint-Michel, while the tank in the foreground provides supporting fire in Place de l'Église, Oberhoffen-sur-Moder, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. February 6 1945. (The church was destroyed during the liberation of the town and was rebuilt in 1956)

Google Earth

[Bob Womack]

The English Lutheran Church of Saint-Michel. Looks like they kept the motifs (arched doorway, round window in the spire) but switched things up a bit when they rebuilt. Note the colors as well.

Bob