PICTURES FROM FRANCE: Showing Scenes Behind the Fighting Fronts
... The two pictures (above and on left), taken during the construction of the Allied oil pipe-line which stretches from the Normandy beaches into the heart of France, give a glimpse of how one of the unique engineering feats of the war was carried out A special U.S. Army engineer organisation, known as the Petroleum Distribution Group, was in charge of the work and, despite continual hazard from ...