The commander of the 3rd Infantry Division of the US Army, Major-General John W. O'Daniel (1894–1975), decorates a subordinate; Eastern France, 1944-1945.

 

Rewarding for bravery

U.S. soldiers and equipment in a landing craft approaching the Normandy coast; June 6, 1944.

Landing craft on D-Day

Moving through the war-ravaged town of Bischwihr, France, American infantrymen showing obvious signs of fatigue (extreme left), trudge toward the town of Colmar, France, a few miles away. Both towns are near the Rhine river and the German border.