Sgt. Mace captured this photograph, numbered 111-SC-27489, on October 20, 1918. The image depicts Pvt. Frank Savicki, an infantryman from the 3rd Division who was taken prisoner by the Germans south-east of Chateau-Thierry near the River Marne on July 23, 1918. Savicki managed to escape after two months and fifteen days, crossing the Swiss border. He was initially held in Laon before being sent far behind German lines and eventually put to work on a farm in Rastatt, Germany. Savicki hails from Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. This photo was taken by the Signal Corps Photo Laboratory in Paris, Fr
Sgt. Mace captured this photograph, numbered 111-SC-27489, on October 20, 1918. The image depicts Pvt. Frank Savicki, an infantryman from the 3rd Division who was taken prisoner by the Germans south-east of Chateau-Thierry near the River Marne on July 23, 1918. Savicki managed to escape after two months and fifteen days, crossing the Swiss border. He was initially held in Laon before being sent far behind German lines and eventually put to work on a farm in Rastatt, Germany. Savicki hails from Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. This photo was taken by the Signal Corps Photo Laboratory in Paris, France, and approved by the censor.
Size: 8391px × 5637px
Photo credit: © piemags/NSC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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