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AMERICAN TROOPS HEAR SERVICES IN FRENCH CATHEDRAL

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Carentan, France, 1944: With their guns beside them all the while, paratroop and glider…

Carentan, France, 06/22/1944

SC 190745Field no. ETO-HQ-44-5740RG 111
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AMERICAN TROOPS HEAR SERVICES IN FRENCH CATHEDRAL. With their guns beside them all the while, paratroop and glider troops attend services in a damaged cathédral in Carentan, France, During the service, a collection was taken up to help pay for the damage done to the cathedral.

Date
06/22/1944
Place
Carentan, France · exact position
Photographer
Lt Charles Collier
SC number
190745
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-5740
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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