Cherbourg, France, 1944: American infantrymen who took the fort overlooking Cherbourg, now eat…

Cherbourg, France, 06/26/1944

SC 190979Field no. ETO-HQ-44-5969RG 111

Want to see this photograph? Only its caption card is online so far. Let us know, and the most-wanted photographs are scanned first.

Notify me when it's scanned

Be the first to ask for it. To be emailed when it's online, sign in or make a free account.

Original caption

AMERICAN SOLDIER EAT AFTER BATTLE. American infantrymen who took the fort overlooking Cherbourg, now eat their rations in a trench formerly occupied by the German defenders of the city. Fort Duz Roule, Cherbourg.

Date: 06/26/1944
Place: Cherbourg, France · approximate position
Units: 79th Infantry Division
SC number: 190979
Field number: ETO-HQ-44-5969
Source: U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

Approximate position · Show on the photo map

In The Accounted

Research this photograph

The caption card and the album page, next to the photograph
Link it to a soldier you research, and mark him in it
The unit's Morning Reports: where it was that day
Every photograph of the same unit and place

Free account · no card needed

Photographed nearby

Units in this photograph

79th Infantry Division