Rebuilding Desert Railroad (#1)

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Rebuilding Desert Railroad (#1)
As Allied forces pursued German Marshal Rommel’s fleeing Afrika Korps toward the west, driving the Axis out of Egypt, British engineers had to rebuild roads and railroads. Every inch of both roads and rail lines had to be searched for mines and booby traps. Here, sappers have located and are removing a mine laid under a rail by the Axis. Note bayonets which were used to probe for mines. Passed by censors.
Credit: ACME. 12-9-42
Source:http://www.arkmilitaryheritage.com/