American soldiers of the 79th Infantry Division in the commune of La Haye Du Puits, north-western France after a battle with German forces; 4 July, 1944.


Tired but victorious

 American soldiers and French civilians celebrating the liberation of the city in front of Cherbourg's City Hall; France, June 28, 1944.

A happy occasion

This photo, taken in July 1944, in Normandy, shows two American soldiers in their foxhole. After days and nights of fierce fighting, these two infantrymen were finally able to lay down and have a little rest.
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