Near Carentan, France, 1944: Three American paratroopers eat their first regular meal in seventeen…

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Three American paratroopers eat their first regular meal in seventeen days after successfully dodging German patrols following their landing near Cherbourg on D-Day. Their feet are swollen from wading through swamp lands, but otherwise they appear healthy. They hid during daylight hours and traveled by night, reaching their outfit on the 17th day after their drop. L to R: Pvt. Lawrence J. Davis, Trenton, Mich.; 1st/Sgt. Fred G. Fitzgerald, Herrin, Ill.; and Sgt. Walter T. Murphy, Glouchester, Mass. with them at right is Capt. John D. Harrell, Pensscola, Florida. 377th Paratroopers Artillery, 101st Airborne Division, near Carentan, Normandy, France. Signal Corps Photo #ET0-HQ-44-6052 (Collier) Released by Field Press Censor 28 June 1944 Orig. Neg. Lot 8883 1g Lt1 Airkarn Div. 101st. Or. France

Date

06/28/1944

Place

Near Carentan, France · approximate position

Photographer

Lt Charles Collier

Units

101st Airborne Division, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion

People

Lawrence J. Davis; Fred G. Fitzgerald; Walter T. Murphy

SC number

324431

Field number

ETO-HQ-44-6052

Album

101st Airborne Division

Source

U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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