U.S. Army on victory parade on Cherbourg's Place de la République, watched by townspeople from the side; 26 June 1944.

Victory Parade

In July 1944, LIFE magazine photographer Ralph Morse was on hand for what he called, in his typed notes from the scene, the ''first organized entertainment for troops in Normandy'' following D-Day.
Photos of men and women performing for hundreds of battle-weary troops, chronicle a memorable reprieve during the fighting in 1944 Normandy. 


Entertaining the troops

Rows and rows of tough and determined looking American soldiers marching along the quayside after disembarking at a North Ireland port on May 16, 1942.
