Roger Y Dorr (2) 82nd airborne 504th

Roger Y Dorr (2)

More wounded soldiers from the Normandy landings are helped off an LST following their arrival to England; June 1944.

In need of medical treatment

Wounded soldiers who survived at the Normandy landings are helped off an LST following their arrival to England; June 1944.


To England to recuperate

German Soldiers surrender to U.S. Army Personnel outside of Metz France- November 1944.


Combat Medical Group

Carrying full equipment, American assault troops move onto a beachhead code-named Omaha Beach, on the northern coast of France on June 6, 1944, during the Allied invasion of the Normandy coast.

From ship to shore to stay and fight

Bodies of fallen American soldiers lie on the ground in Normandy, France as graves are dug.

Far away from home...

Two soldiers of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division guard a group of teenage German POW's near Dausfeld, vicinity of Prüm area, west of Cologne, Germany. 1945


Former defenders of the Fatherland, now POWs

March from Taccoa to Atlanta

Tanks and GIs with the US 2nd Armored Division advance near Lemgo, Germany, taking prisoners on the way, April 1945. 


POWs moving to the ear

Tanks and GIs with the US 2nd Armored Division advance near Lemgo, Germany, taking prisoners on the way, April 1945. 

Some surrender to be taken POW

During the Battle of the Bulge, GIs of the 486th Armored Anti-Aircraft Battalion, 3rd Armored Division, pause for a meal near Trou-Du-Bois, Belgium, December 1944.


Some of the fighting men must eat

Italian soldiers captured in Sicily following the landing of allied troops. July 1943


Italian POWs

Few soldiers on pictures, probably pathfinders drop in France. My uncle is behind the tallest soldier (Jack from Gary IND. Someone recognizes a relatives?

82nd 504TH Roger Y Dorr

A muddied Combat Engineer of the United States Fifth Army enjoys a cup of coffee and a doughnut supplied by the Red Cross in Italy, 1944.

Gift from the Red Cross

Inspection of Black American Women in England.

U.S. Black American Women in England

A G.I. of the 2nd Armored Division with some souvenirs; April 1945 around Lower Saxony, Germany

Loaded with Souvenirs

The American paratroopers under Colonel Ed Raff met unexpected resistance on D-Day and watched a glider-borne reinforcement effort take heavy fire.

Paratroopers on D-Day

General Patton’s wife, Beatrice, follows his casket through the train station in Luxembourg City en route to the nearby cemetery in Hamm, also Luxemburg...

General Patton's Funeral

Troops of the U.S. 45th Infantry Division in a transport ship, bound for Sicily in June, 1943. 

Cheerful in tight quarters

Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., U.S. 4th Infantry Division - is laid to rest in a temporary American cemetery near Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France; July 12, 1944.

Temporary Resting Place

Soldiers with the U.S. 526th Armored Infantry Battalion; Somewhere in Germany, Spring 1945.

Taking a rest during the advance

Tony Bennett during his service in Europe with the U.S. 63rd Infantry Division in WWII.

Famous singer, who also served his country

Soviet and US Troops Meet at Torgau, April 25, 1945. 
A US 69th Division captain shows the Russians where Torgau, Germany is. - In the middle: Major Anatoly Mikhailovich Ivanov, Chief of the Soviet Division Artillery Staff.

This is where we are, you see...?

General Eisenhower visited Patton at Bad Tölz, Germany and found that Patton had left SS soldiers in charge of concentration camp security. This visit, along with Patton’s public statements, led to his dismissal as commander of the Third Army; 1945.

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