Members of the 607th QuarterMaster Graves Registration Company sort and identify bodies of American soldiers killed on Omaha Beach. A knocked out pill-box, which in all probability  added victims too their grim task, is partway visible up the bluff. (scanned by HOS Bandit)

Dead on Omaha Beach

Lieutenant Lary points at number 14,Georg Fleps,the German soldier who is supposed to have fired the first shots.On 16 july 1945 the trial ended,43 Germans recieved the dead penalty,22 got live,2 got 20years and 5 got & 10 years each.Among those who got the dead penalty were Peiper and Fleps.However on 22-12-1956 Peiper was released from prison despite American objections.