82nd Airborne Division soldiers advance along a corridor beside the wall of an elevated cemetery in Saint- Marcouf, France during World War 2. They rest beside a wall. Local residents come their way. Rubble of destroyed buildings in the background. The French residents greet and converse with the American soldiers. Two Frenchmen point in a direction up and away. Remains of bombed out rural buildings. Soldier seen near a religious statue that still stands in rubble at front of a destroyed house. As the American troops proceed, they pass a sign reading, "Saint-Marcouf." A bombed out building. A triangular sign reading,"Touring-Club de France," with "Dunlop" written below it. View, from beside a wheeled cart, of troopers resting, in front of a wall in the relatively unscathed town center of Saint-Marcouf. 82nd Airborne patch clearly seen on left shoulder of some troopers. American trooper stooped down to speak with small French boy and girl in front of a house in town. Closeup of the little girl. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Mine detonation activities in Cherbourg, France during World War II. United States officer points at mine control cables outside a building in Cherbourg, France. Men aboard the mine pelorus. Man pulls a cable. Flag on a paravane in water. An electrically controlled mine explodes in harbor. A wrecked L' Ouste fort with a tower on the top. Mines explode as a pillar of water and smoke rises up.
German rocket launching platforms sweep in Cherbourg, France during World War II. A German rocket launching platform in Cherbourg, France. Wooden planks at an incomplete rocket launching platform. Men make bags move down a ramp. Men save unused iron and concrete at the rocket launching platform. American military truck and vehicles at the rocket launching platform.
Allied occupation of Cherbourg, France during World War II. Wrecked maritime fort of Gare Du Maritime in Cherbourg, France. Rubble on the ground as United States Navy Seabees work at the site. A statue of Napoleon mounted on a horse in the town center. Military trucks lined up.
Allied occupation of Cherbourg, France during World War II. Wreckage of sea plane hangar in Cherbourg, France. United States Navy Seabees work at the site. Rubble lay on the ground. Metal scrap and tire piled up. A military truck moves past the wrecked structure.
Allied occupation of Cherbourg, France during World War II. A demolished seawall and damage to defenses in Cherbourg, France. A wrecked boat on the harbor. An American soldier in the damages defense works. American military trucks on the wharf.