United States 314th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division, in France during World War II. Soldiers of the 314th Infantry Regiment load onto assault boats at the bank of river Seine. Men row across the river in assault boats. The boats being manned by United States 304th Engineers Division.
United States 314th Infantry Regiment, 79th Infantry Division, in France during World War II. Soldiers of the infantry regiment cross river Seine in assault boats. The boats approach the bank. Men pull a rope as the boats come ashore. Major General Ira C. Wyche and Brigadier General Greer watch as the men cross the river. Soldiers march inland after crossing the river..
Model parade in park shows women wearing dark sunglasses, France. Men watch. Various views of women parade in dark sun glasses. Women wear different styles of glasses. Dog wears sunglasses.
French military police with motorcycles stand near a crowd of French civilians outside a church in France near the end of World War 2. U.S. Army personnel with handheld cameras take pictures of services. Parisian girl standing with a U.S. Army soldier. Military Police lined up in front of the cathedral entrance. Bishops emerge from the church. General de Gaulle leaves the church in a motorcade. French car with a military official seated inside and four stars on the pIate. French soldiers as they give rifle salutes. Church cleric talking to a French officer. Gendarmes standing among civilians and American officer standing with a WAC (Women's Army Corps) officer. British guards lined up as people emerge from the church. Guard of Honor in the fore ground. Elderly French woman and man leave the church. GIs enters the church. Russian Bishop emerges from the church and enters car. French civilians around the church including children and a young boy on the shoulders of a man.
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) P-47 Thunderbolts, aka "jugs," fly low over an airfield in France. Some of the P-47s display yellow cowlings and blue and red striped tails. Others display red cowlings. The aircraft fly over in flights of 4 aircraft each, and break for landings. However, they do not land, but either buzz low over the runway, or make touch and go landings.
Vichy French troops recruited for the Axis war effort sing as they march through the streets of German-occupied France during World War 2. Soldiers' luggage lying at the train station, as they are inspected. Nazi German soldiers and officers seen near the group at railroad station platform. Soldiers bid farewell to their families. They board the train and wave goodbye. Chalk writing on doors of train includes a Nazi death head symbol and "Vive 8 Compagnie," possibly a reference to the 8th Sturmbrigade SS Frankreich. However, more likely is that these are soldiers of the Legion of French Volunteers against Bolshevism, or LVF, as a "Vive LVF" message can also be seen written in chalk on the side of a train car. Soldiers and civilians on the platform salute the soldiers as the train leaves the station.
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