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Jerry Pillbox on British Beach

Damaged fortification on a beach
Description: Drawing, Charcoal and Wash on Paper; by Mitchell Jamieson; 1944; Unframed Dimensions 10H X 14W
Accession #: 88-193-RT
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Pillboxes were smaller machine-gun positions protected by hardened fortifications of steel-reinforced concrete. These pillboxes and larger artillery bunkers were positioned to command wide swaths of beach in zones of interlocking fire.

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  • World War II 1939-1945
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