Decoration ceremony conducted by Lieutenant General Brereton, Commander of U.S. Army Air Forces 9th Air Force, at advance airfield, Criqueville (A-2) France, during World War 2. Nine pilots of the 354th Fighter Group are lined up at attention in a field. A photographer clicks pictures. Two officers stand beside a table on which medals are kept. Captain Beerbower marches towards Lt Gen Brereton. The Lt Gen decorates him. Lt Gen Brereton decorates a major, a captain and a lieutenant, shaking hands with them. The company stands at attention. The honored men stand back in a line. General Brereton is seen, later, conversing with Captain Beerbower (wearing Silver Star). Among those decorated in this ceremony were: Capt. Don M. Beerbower (Silver Star); Capt. Wallace N. Emmer, Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) and Lieutenant Carl Bickel (DFC).
P-51 Mustang aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Forces 354th Fighter Group landing at 9th Air Force advanced air strip A-2, near Criqueville, France, during World War 2. Letters "FT" on fuselage identify them as belonging to the 353rd Fighter Squadron.
U.S. 3rd Armored Division elements entering towns in France, during World War 2. Sign for town of "Pre En Pail". Group of captured German soldier prisoners of war sitting on side of road. Houses are decorated with French flags. Various vehicles pass along the street, including an M10 Tank destroyer. Tanks and vehicles entering town of Ciral. Sign reads "Ciral". Civilians wave to passing vehicles. American troops on a tank pose with a woman standing next to it. One U.S. Army soldier on the tank holds a little French girl. A French man stands near his daughter as the little French girl poses on a tank holding a homemade American flag.
4th Armored Division enters city of Troyes in France. Smoke rises from wrecked buildings in background. Wrecked German trucks. French civilians destroy German street signs.
Civilian writes on wall "Vive Les Americans" in Troyes, France. Scenes after destruction. Scenes of street signs. French civilians destroy German street signs.
U.S. medical unit set up in town square attends wounded people in Troyes, France. Scene of Town Square. A truck passes a board on the street side: "Troyes".
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