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US 705th Ordnance soldiers use scrap metal from beach obstacles to construct hedgerow cutters.

View of beach obstacles which were used to block Allied landing forces on the beaches of France. United States 705th Ordnance soldiers use welding torches to cut up beach obstacles for use as hedgerow cutters. Welders attach hedgerow cutters on M5A1 light tanks. Tank is about to be tested. The hedgerow cutter design came from Sergeant Curtis G. Culin, of the 102nd Reconnaissance Squadron.

Location: Balleroy France

Date: 1944, July 19

Duration: 2 min 58 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

United States military tank M5A1 driven into heavy hedgerow with a Culin hedgerow cutter attached.

United States military tank M5A1 is driven into heavy hedgerow. United States Ord soldiers fix hedgerow cutters on tank M5A1. Soldiers climb up M5A1 tank and it is driven away. The hedgerow cutters were fashioned using beach blockades setup by the Germans. The design invention for the hedgerow cutters is credited to Sergeant Curtis G. Culin, of the 102nd Reconnaissance Squadron.

Location: Balleroy France

Date: 1944, July 21

Duration: 1 min 17 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None