Red Cross ambulances passing through Périers, France during World War 2. Free France Red Cross ambulances driving in a street with buildings destroyed from bombing. French men and women watch the passing Free French M3 half-tracks, ambulances, trucks. Buildings in Périers are almost complete ruins. French civilians cheer and welcome the arrival of French troops in Périers. French soldiers wave back at cheering civilians. M3 half-tracks are named “18 Juin 40”, “14 Juillet”.
Red Cross ambulances and other Free French military vehicles passing through Périers, Manche in Normandy during World War 2. Buildings in Périers are almost complete ruins. Three soldiers on the back of a truck. Some ambulances with a roll of camouflage net on top. Military trucks of various sizes follow the ambulances.
Free French 1st Armored Division tanks pass through Périers, Manche during World War 2. French civilians cheer as an M4 Sherman tank pass by. The ruins of Église de Périers (Église Saint-Pierre Place du Général de Gaulle, 50190 Périers, France) is seen on the right. M4 Sherman tanks and Red Cross ambulances pass by each other as they take opposite directions. A M3 Lee tank passes through thick smoke. An M3 half-track pulling a wagon passes by a crowd of French civilians. Three French women watch the arrival of Free French military vehicles in their town.
Free French 1st Armored Division in Périers, Manche during World War 2. Free French troops on truck wagons, with piles of debris from bombings on the street. Soldiers stand on top of a moving M5 half-track. Behind the M5 half-track is the ruins of Église de Périers (Église Saint-Pierre Place du Général de Gaulle, 50190 Périers, France). The M5 half-track is followed by an army Jeep. A convoy of Red Cross ambulances pass by the Église Saint-Pierre. A French soldier shakes hands with a person sitting in the passenger seat of a Red Cross truck. French soldier leaves. More ambulances follow.
A French nurse drinks from her canteen beside a Free French ambulance during World War 2. The likely location is Périers. A nurse applies lipstick beside an ambulance. Nurses presses her upper and lower lips together. French nurse applies lipstick in front of a hand mirror hanging on the door of a truck. A French nurse puts on a sock and her shoe on her right foot.
United States Red Cross Donut Dolly distributes donuts to Free French troops in the port of Southampton, England during World War 2. A Donut Dolly holds a tray of donuts as French soldiers surround her. Some French soldiers drink coffee while others are eating doughnuts. Two French soldiers playfully hug each other in front of a smoking soldier. Camera pans to a pair of French soldiers smoking. The Donut Dolly walks with her tray of donuts. Soldiers take donuts from the tray. Soldiers in a ship. Free French African soldier, possibly Nigerian, smiling and laughing with other soldiers.
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