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Photo #: SC 190810

Cherbourg Campaign, June 1944


U.S. Army troops march German prisoners of war through Cherbourg on 28 June 1944, after the city's liberation.
Note the city sign on the wall in right center, damaged buildings, M1 carbine carried by the Army Captain in the left center, and pistol-armed Soldier on the right.
Photographed by Gallo.

Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

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21 February 2004