Carentan, France, 1944: American paratroopers ride in a captured German jeep as they tour the…

Carentan, France, 06/12/1944

SC 320864Field no. ETO-HQ-44-5129RG 111

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Original caption

American paratroopers ride in a captured German jeep as they tour the streets of Carentan, France, the first French city to fall to the invaders. 12 June 1944.

Date: 06/12/1944
Place: Carentan, France · exact position
Photographer: Runyan
Units: 101st Airborne Division
SC number: 320864
Field number: ETO-HQ-44-5129
Source: U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs