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U.S. soldiers gather for 9th Division memorial service in Sainte-Mère-Église, France during World War II.

U.S. 9th Division memorial service in Sainte-Mère-Église, France during World War II. Crosses in a cemetery. Troops stand in formation in the background. Commanding General 9th Division Major General Manton Sprague Eddy speaks to the soldiers. The soldiers fire guns in honor of the dead soldiers. A bugler blows a bugle. The soldiers examine grave markers in search of their buddies. A band plays.

Date: 1944, July 5
Duration: 3 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065583
French civilians greet United States troops entering Sainte-Mere-Eglise during World War II.

U.S. troops advancing into Sainte-Mere-Eglise after landing at Normandy during World War II. Signboard reads 'Sainte-Mere-Eglise'. French civilians greet U.S. soldiers driving tanks into the town. Jeeps parked on a street. Deserted streets in the town. U.S. soldier stands with French policeman and talks with a French civilian. French civilians with U.S. troops on roadside.

Date: 1944, June
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060426
Treatment of wounded airborne troop soldiers at 42nd Field Hospital U.S. in Saint Mere Eglise France

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).

Date: 1944, June 6
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038877
U.S. Fourth Infantry advancing in Normandy, France, a few days after the D-day invasion in World War II

U.S. Fourth Infantry Division in Normandy, France, during World War 2. A sign on highway N.13 points to Montebourg 8.9Km and Cherbourg 34.9km, indicating their location as just north of Sainte Mere Eglise, as they advance following the Allied Normandy invasion in World War 2. A knocked out German Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault gun is seen on a road next to some power lines. Closeup of the Stug III with two shell holes in it. Fourth Infantry soldiers in a jeep drive past another destroyed Stug III, as they make their way through the town of Montebourg. A U.S. M10 tank destroyer is parked on the road behind. Scene shifts to a jeep displaying a red cross flag carrying medics along a road past several U.S. soldiers standing near a cemetery containing old gravestones. Another knocked out Stug III is seen. Two American soldiers, with rifles, ride through a deserted town on horses, followed by another soldier on a motorcycle. Street sign shows distance to Ravenoville as 6.8km and to La Mer as 9.7km. Closeup of one of the mounted soldiers.

Date: 1944, June 8
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675027659
U.S. trucks loaded with troops enter a French village in Normandy, France during World War II.

U.S. troops in a French village in Normandy, France during World War 2. A sign on a road reads 'Mines cleared to hedges'. U.S. troops stand around trucks parked on a field. U.S. trucks and jeeps loaded with troops enter the French town of Sainte Mere Eglise. MP (Military Police) directs traffic in the town.

Date: 1944, July 12
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075097
United States soldiers enter Saint-Lô, body of a U.S. Infantry Commander lies in state (WW2)

Soldiers on top of a tank in Normandy, France during World War 2. Soldiers moving carefully on the road to Saint-Lô, France. A road sign reads “Saint-Lô”. A United States soldier crouching roadside with rifle. Thick black smoke forming. Armored infantry from the 2nd Armored Division wearing camouflage jackets take cover against a tank. Bomb explosion in Saint-Lô. Soldier firing rifle. Soldiers move on a street with destroyed houses. United States tank fires during street fighting. Tank fire hits buildings in Saint-Lô, creating smoke. Soldiers running. A wall breaks apart and falls after being hit by artillery. Sherman Crab minesweepers (M4 Sherman tanks fitted with flails) moving through a field. Soldiers conduct a mop-up operation in Saint-Lô. Soldier enters a house. Soldiers walking on devastated streets of Saint-Lô, with destroyed houses and piles of debris. An M10 tank destroyer enters Saint-Lô. A soldier reading a road sign “SAINT-LO SA CATHEDRALE SON PANORAMA DON DE CLAUDEL”. The remains of a United States Army infantry commander lies in state, covered by the United States flag, on top of a pile of rubble of the Église Notre-Dame de Saint-Lô (2 Rue Carnot, 50000 Saint-Lô, France). Aerial view shows damaged building in Saint-Lo. Television host Alexander Scourby reads a book titled “Breakout and Pursuit” by Martin Blumenson. Alexander Scourby closes the book and speaks to the audience.

Date: 1944, July 19
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079448