French men and women welcome the Free French 2nd Armored Division troops in Luce, France during World War 2. Smiling French men and women. Soldiers and crowds gather outside a hotel in Luce, France. French tricolor flags are hanging on house windows. A man pours wine for a French soldier. A woman offers a tray of sliced bread to a soldier. French troops assemble for a meeting in the town center. A soldier takes notes. A soldier speaks beside a soldier smoking. Soldiers drinking coffee offered by an old French lady with coffee pot. Elderly French woman pours wine for a soldier. Major General Jacques Philippe Leclerc on a moving Jeep. Soldiers at the border of Le Mans. A sign reads “LE MANS 113 400”. Military vehicles parked in roadside.
Free French 2nd Armored Division troops fighting in Lucé, Eure-et-Loir department in northern France, during World War 2. French soldiers loading shell into a 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7. Smoke from the Howitzer as it is fired. A French soldier wearing a Free French Marine Infantry helmet uses a field phone. An artillery observer uses a periscope binocular. 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 Priest fires. Soldiers loading shells into M7. French soldiers confer over a map. A French officer uses a field phone to communicate, other soldier taking down notes on his notebook. French officer (wearing sunglasses and a Free French 2nd Armored Division badge) talks on the field phone. A French soldier wearing a Free French Marine Infantry helmet speaks while holding a field radio handset.
Two Free French 2nd Armored Division 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 Priest guns firing in Lucé, Eure-et-Loir department, France during World War 2. One M7 has "Kleber” written on its side. Soldiers toss spent shells onto field after firing.