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American paratroopers, among the first to make successful landings on the continent, hold a Nazi flag captured in a village assault at St

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St. Marcouf, France, 1944: American paratroopers, among the first to make successful landings on…

St. Marcouf, France, 06/08/1944

SC 189920Field no. ETO-HQ-44-4817RG 111
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American paratroopers, among the first to make successful landings on the continent, hold a Nazi flag captured in a village assault at St. Marcouf, France. Invasion of France, 8 June 1944.

Date
06/08/1944
Place
St. Marcouf, France · exact position
Photographer
Weiner
Units
82nd Airborne Division, 101st Airborne Division
SC number
189920
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-4817
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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