Major General John W. O'Daniel of the U.S. Third Infantry Division, takes command of the beachhead near St. Tropez, South of France, after the landings (Operation Dragoon); August 15, 1944.

General walks on the beach

The commander of the U.S. 7th Army, Lieutenant General George S. Patton (1885-1945) talks with the brave wounded men in Sicily (didn't slap any of them); 1943.

The General cares for his men

American soldiers view a captured German stationary 88-mm anti-tank gun (PaK 43/3), set on a concrete base. In the foreground a dead German artilleryman is visible; Germany, 1945.
