French civilians greet the first American M4 tanks entering Le Lavandou.
Le Lavandou is a commune in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France, approx. 30 miles east of Marseille. 


First tanks enter

Soldiers of the 89th Infantry Division cross the Rhine river in Germany by a DUKW-353 amphibious vehicle, under intense fire in the area of the town of Oberwesel; March 26, 1945. 

Dangerous crossing

U.S. soldiers atop LVT(A)-4 “Alligators” in action at Hill 120 on Leyte, the Philippines; 1945. 
