Soldiers and armor of the 35th Infantry Division cross the shallow Marne-Rhine Canal in northern France, west of Strasbourg; September 16, 1944.

Wet feet in shallow water

A column of men and vehicles of the U.S. 63rd Infantry Division, on a road in a forest during a halt. In the left foreground is an M4A3 (76) Sherman tank, farther back some Jeeps can be seen. 


Armored column during a halt

The French Tricolour floats over a street in Carentan, the first French town to be liberated by the Americans. French civilians wave their hands in welcome as men of the US 7th Corps pass through the streets after two days of bitter fighting The capture of Carentan materially strengthened the link between the two American beachheads.