Happy moment for the GIs of the 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division, after taking the French town of Argentan. Posing for a group photo and listening to the sound of a harmonica...; August 20, 1944.

A little music in a conquered town

American soldiers checking a captured German Nebelwerfer 41 (15 cm NbW 41) multiple rocket launcher. -The sign cautions, it may be booby-trapped.


Captured "Screaming Mimi" 

American soldiers laugh as they read German propaganda leaflets in the occupied town of Aschaffenburg, Germany, as they were fired from German lines on the Siegfried line front.