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Two members of the 82nd Airborne Division have dinner with the Mayor and his family outdoors in Eglise Sur-Mer, France

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Sainte Mere Eglise, 1944: Two members of the 82nd Airborne Division have dinner with the Mayor…

Sainte Mere Eglise, 06/07/1944

SC 320874Field no. ETO-HQ-44-4978-31RG 111
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Two members of the 82nd Airborne Division have dinner with the Mayor and his family outdoors in Eglise Sur-Mer, France. The Mayor's home was destroyed by retreating Germans, and so meals are eaten out in the open 7 June 1944.

Date
06/07/1944
Place
Sainte Mere Eglise · approximate position
Photographer
Witscher
SC number
320874
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-4978-31
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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