79th Infantry troops in La Haye Du Puits, France in World War II. View through a damaged wall of a ruined building with sign on a shop reading 'M. Gigory.' A World War I memorial and fountain topped by bust of a French soldier, is guarded by U.S. troops and used as a motor pool. A nearby sign points to it reading: 'water point.' American troops move on street and in a narrow alley. Troops arrive in a Jeep. Two German prisoners sitting on the hood of the Jeep with their hands raised are brought at gun point. The Jeep moves on. More prisoners are driven away on Jeeps. Heavy concentration of troops in the area.
An elderly couple walks down a road in La Haye Du Puits, France carrying their belongings in hands. Troops from the 79th American Infantry Division ride by in Jeeps. The couple reaches the doorsteps of a house. They signal 'V' for Victory in World War II.
American soldiers in Saint- Laurent-sur-Mer, France during World War II. U.S. soldiers of the 56th Signal Battalion kneel down around a tree in an apple orchard. Catholic priest, Father William Dempsey, of New York City, conducts the first Sunday service under the tree. The soldiers pray during the Catholic mass.
U.S. soldiers in Colleville-sur-Mer after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. An old French woman stands on a road and gives flowers to passing U.S. soldiers. She throws some on passing vehicles. A young girl gives roses to two soldiers. They put them in the buttonholes of their shirts.
U.S. troops in Colleville-sur-Mer after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France during World War II. Two U.S. soldiers walk with two French men. French civilians wave to U.S. Army vehicles driving past on the streets. A Frenchman hands out bottles of wine to U.S. soldiers. LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) on Omaha Beach. A barrage balloon overhead. A jeep and another vehicle roll off an LST. Equipment on the beach.
German prisoners in Cerisy-la-Foret, Normandy, France during World War II. German prisoners are brought in trucks for interrogation. The prisoners rest against a wall in an open field. The prisoners in compound eat 'K' rations. A prisoner is questioned. A U.S. soldier examines a POW (Prisoner of War) tag.
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