German prisoners carry wounded on litters in Saint Mere Eglise, France. Jeeps on the street. Wrecked buildings beside the street. The prisoners led into the courtyard by infantrymen of the 1st battalion, 8th infantry regiment, 4th division. Wounded German lies on the ground. Prisoners marched into the courtyard. (World War II period).
German prisoners sit on a ground in front of a house in Saint Mere Eglise, France. An American soldier walks towards a prisoner. Prisoner stands up and answers a question. A wounded prisoner sits on ground. American medic looks at the wounded shoulder of the prisoner. A soldier holds a rifle on a prisoner seated on a pile of log. (World War II period).
German prisoners stand on a ground in front of a wall in Saint Mere Eglise, France. They eat black bread. (World War II period).
German prisoners made to stand against a wall in Saint Mere Eglise, France. An American soldier stands with a rifle in hand. He waves for the prisoners to follow him. (World War II period).
Memorial Ceremony (including Roman Catholic Mass) for fallen U.S. troops, held on June 10, 1944 during World War 2. The location is Omaha Beach, St. Laurent sur Mer, Normandy France, where the U.S. 1st Army established the first American military cemetery in France, during World War II. U.S. troops line the area. An altar is set up on the hood of a jeep parked in the sand. An Army Colonel standing in rear of the jeep reads from a notebook. Soldiers all stand with heads bowed. Among them are African American soldiers of the 320th Battalion. A Chaplain's assistant sits at a keyboard instrument next to the jeep. A Roman Catholic Army Chaplain in white clerical robes conducts a mass. Numerous grave markers can be seen in the distant background marking graves of soldiers who died in the invasion of Normandy. Several French civilians stand with the soldiers, who bow heads in prayer. The Chaplain administers holy communion to kneeling soldiers. A French civilian woman places flowers near recent temporary grave markers of U.S. fallen (stakes bearing their dog tags). A color guard stands with American flag, as squad of riflemen fire gun salutes. Three French civilians stand by the flowers. U.S. Army bugler blows taps. All present salute the fallen. Some individual soldiers walk to the markers of their friends.
Few C-47 tow gliders flying low over beachhead. View of 42nd Field Hospital U.S. where large number of wounded soldiers lying on litters surrounded by many field hospital tents, following D-Day Invasion in World War 2. Closeup view of Airborne patches of 101st and 82nd airborne units sewn to the arm sleeves of U.S. Army soldiers. Wounded soldiers on stretchers eat rations. (World War II period).
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