Free French 2nd Armored Division convoy enters Ducey, Normandy during World War 2. French men and women cheering as Free French troops enter Ducey. French women raising their hands while cheering. Sign reads “Centre d’ Accueil” (“Reception center” in English). Lieutenant Philippe de Gaulle, the son of Free France leader General Charles de Gaulle, checking a map in Ducey.
French civilians cheer while watching a French Forces of the Interior (FFI) fighters and Free French 2nd Armored Division soldiers’ parade in Paris during World War 2. French women clapping. Guards watch a military vehicle pass by. A soldier stands with French civilians. Soldiers and civilians watch a parade from the top of a building. French woman shows the “Victory hand gesture” as she smiles. Guards smiling beside French civilians. A French man waves the United States flag in front of French people watching from a balcony. Crowds of French civilians watch from balconies. Two French boys and a girl clapping with soldiers. People holding sign “Vive De Gaulle” (“Long live De Gaulle” in English). French people waving on top of two banners that read “Vive De Gaulle” and “Libération” (“Long live De Gaulle” and “Liberation” in English). French soldier smiling in front of cheering French civilians. An elderly man clapping, a boy leans on man’s shoulder while an old woman smiles. French women ride a military Jeep. French woman waves and smiles while hanging out with young FFI fighters. Soldier aims a rifle on top of a car scribbled on with FFI graffiti near the Arc de Triomphe (Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris, France). FFI fighters waving and smiling on top of a moving car. FFI staff car and a Red Cross ambulance parked near the Arc de Triomphe. Soldier wearing sunglasses turning wheels of a Jeep, smiling and gesturing at the camera during celebrations for the liberation of Paris.
President Harry S. Truman in Germany for the Potsdam Conference during World War 2. Cameramen sitting and standing while taking photos or videos. A military band plays in the background. President Truman delivers a speech, addressing the Honor Guard at a flag raising ceremony. The United States flag flying. Two U.S. Army soldiers salute the flag while standing on top of a building. President Truman and General Dwight D. Eisenhower in conversation as they walk along path. President Truman and staff aboard an M3 half-track reviewing 2nd Armored Division along German Autobahn.
View of smiling American troops of 2nd Armored Division eligible for redeploy and discharge on April 21, 1945. They stand next to a captured Nazi German flag in Cherbourg, France. One soldier wraps the Nazi flag around himself. Soldiers at rail of a large troop transport ship at a pier. Soldiers take a wounded man aboard ship on a stretcher. Soldiers and officers at the American cemetery. Soldiers raise their guns to pay respect to the graves. They salute. Wreath on a grave with cross marked "unknown". Soldiers and a few nurses boarding transport ship at dock. (World War II period).
Convoy of French 2nd Moroccan Division equipped with American clothing and equipment, crosses a pontoon bridge over Volturno River near Dragoni, Caserta, Italy during World War II. A destroyed concrete building in the background. The French Driven convoy of U.S. trucks, Jeeps, DUKWs (amphibious trucks) and half-tracks passes through wet and muddy roads of the village of Dragoni.
President Truman's motorcade stops to review troops of the U.S. 2nd Armored Division, along a German highway (autobahn) while enroute to Berlin. The Presidential party, includes Truman, Secretary of State Byrnes, Brigadier General Collier, Brigadier General Vaughan, Fleet Admiral Leahy, and others. They stand on a platform in an Army reconnaissance vehicle while it passes more a mile of parked tanks and other armor, with respective crews standing in front. President Truman and his party salute as they pass the colors. The Presidential limousine and other vehicles follow the reviewing party. The Presidential party stops as Truman presents a Presidential Unit Citation to Company E, 17th Armored Engineer Battalion. (World War II period)
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