Remote weddings for the 501st

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This photo was taken in Manouba barracks on Christmas Eve 1942. The location is the courtyard of the officer's quarters, formerly the palace of the Bey.

Major Lüder (nearest the camera) is officiating at the weddings of five men of his 501st Heavy Tank Battalion. The marriages are being conducted by radio, with the brides in Germany.

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