Cherbourg, France, 1944: French people, returning to Allied controlled Cherbourg, gaze at one…

Cherbourg, France, 06/26/1944

SC 190803Field no. ETO-HQ-44-6041-15RG 111

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HE STAYED TOO LONG. French people, returning to Allied controlled Cherbourg, gaze at one of the soldiers of Hitler's once-proud "Wehrmacht" now Lying dead in the street. France, 6/26/44

Date: 06/26/1944
Place: Cherbourg, France · approximate position
Photographer: Franklin
SC number: 190803
Field number: ETO-HQ-44-6041-15
Source: U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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