After the German garrison on the island of Cezembre has surrendered, soldiers of the U.S. 83rd Infantry Division raise the American flag in triumph. The island is located near the French city of St.- Malo, Brittany, north-western France; September, 1944.

So proudly we hail

US paratroopers about to embark on their D-Day mission.  Their parachute and equipment are checked out before boarding the plane; England, June 5, 1944.

Eve of D-Day

Infantrymen of Company B, 329th Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division, U.S. First Army march into the commune of Bovigny, Belgium, after driving east from Bois de Bonce forest; 20 January, 1945.