Chronology of World War II

Tuesday, November 21


Working the Rock Quarry


Working the Rock Quarry
These 'Bee-Hive' charges as they are called by men of the 19th Engineers of the Fifth Army, are used to blast these heavy rocks into smaller pieces before being used. Here they are connected in series by the engineers. Army name for these 'bee hives' is Shaped Charge-M-I.