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French children, too, wereready for the arrival of American parstroopors in their villages

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St. Marcouf, 1944: French children, too, wereready for the arrival of American…

St. Marcouf, 06/08/1944

SC 189919Field no. ETO-HQ-44-4812RG 111
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French children, too, wereready for the arrival of American parstroopors in their villages. Here two such children receive American chewing gum from a paratrooper. Invasion of France, St. Marcouf, 8 Jun 44.

Date
06/08/1944
Place
St. Marcouf · exact position
Photographer
Weiner
Units
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division
SC number
189919
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-4812
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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