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General Maxwell D Taylor and Troy H Middleton award soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division in Carentan, France.
U.S. troops in Carentan, France during World War II. Officers and men of the 101st Airborne Division in a town square. Soldiers stand in formation. Buildings in the background. U.S. Army General Maxwell D Taylor delivers a speech. Major General Troy H Middleton pins a Silver Star on Brigadier General Anthony C McAuliffe. Children watch the soldiers. Soldiers stand at attention in a line. Civilians watch from the balcony of a building. A soldier shakes hands with the civilians. French civilians give flowers to the soldiers.
Civilians watch U.S. soldiers as they are awarded in Carentan, France during World War II.
U.S. troops in Carentan, France during World War II. Officers and men of the 101st Airborne Division in a town square. Soldiers stand in formation. Buildings in the background. The soldiers are awarded medals. French civilians watch from the windows of a building.
Civilian men extinguish fire from burning houses in Carentan, France (WW2)
Wrecked and burning buildings in Carentan, France after the D-Day landings in World War II. French civilian men pump water to extinguish the flames. A French fireman blows his whistle. Firefighters extinguish fire with jets of water in front of the burning building. A man looks at the remains of a burned house. Smoke rises from the rubble of the destroyed house. Civilian man sweeps the sidewalk. Soldiers sit on Jeep beside the Carentan Great War Memorial (8 Pl. de la République, 50500 Carentan-les-Marais, France). United States and French flags adorn the Carentan Great War Memorial. A woman pushes a stroller with a young girl. The girl holds a flower. A French woman looking up beside a man and child as they both stand in the front door. United States soldiers and French firemen exchange their hats with each other. A soldier seated in Jeep receives wine from a French child. The soldier drinks the bottle.
American troops march towards Carentan, France
United States soldiers march towards Carentan, France during World War II. A sign on a board reads Carentan. German Prisoners of War march under United States Military Police guard.
Allied Infantrymen and military vehicles move inland from Normandy to Carentan, France, and build bridge at Carentan
10 days after D-Day. Allied Forces progressing with invasion of Europe through Normandy during World War II. Infantry troops march and military vehicles move inwards to Carentan, about 3 miles in land from Normandy and Omaha Beach. A native woman talks to soldiers in the town of Carentan. A wounded soldier laying on a U.S. Army jeep in the town square in front of the Carentan Church. Soldiers use girders and continue construction of a bridge at Carentan. (Note: This appears to be "Tucker Bridge" at Carentan. The bridge was so-named after Major John Tucker, commanding the 300th Combat Engineers, was hit by enemy fire and killed during the initial construction of the bridge. The bridge provided important access to Cherbourg, St. Lo, and Caen. It was replaced in 1996 by a stone and concrete structure but it remains the Major John Tucker Bridge.) Two soldiers stand on the bridge and talk to each other.
Allied soldiers shave, bathe and change clothing at a company rest area in Carentan, France.
Allied troops at a company rest area on the Periers front below Carentan in Normandy, France during World War II. A soldier fills a container with water. Infantrymen are issued shoes and new equipment. The soldiers in the rest area shave, bathe and change clothing.