The commander of the US 82nd Airborne Division, Major General James Maurice Gavin (1907-1990) and actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) have a conversation by a military staff car on a road in France; 1944.



The actress and a general

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division view an M-5A1 Stuart light tank that was knocked out by the Germans on June 7, 1944, a few miles inland from Utah Beach, Normandy, France.

Another lost equipment

US tanker Private Bruce Rutherford on the turret of an M4 Sherman tank with mascot puppies of his unit during a break in Okinawa. He is holding a Thompson 
M1928M1 submachine gun; June 1, 1945.