US 56th Signal Battalion soldiers at a Sunday service in Saint -Laurent-Sur-Mer, France during World War II.

American soldiers in Saint- Laurent-sur-Mer, France during World War II. US soldiers of the 56th Signal Battalion kneel down around a tree in an apple orchard. Catholic priest, Father William Dempsey, of New York City, conducts the first Sunday service under the tree. The soldiers pray during the Catholic mass.