SC 167571 – The 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry, that cleared the road and fields of mines, marching through the Kasserine Pass and on to Kasserine and Farriana, Tunisia. 26 Feb 1943. Photo : McGray.
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Feb
03
2010
Nov
28
2009
Another nice set of pictures from World War Two : some images done in Colleville sur Mer, Normandy, France during the month of June 1944.
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Nov
02
2009
Omaha Beach, est un livre qui a été sélectionné par Günter. G. Gillot Jr, Directeur de la Collection Historique, Editions Foxmaster, Belgique, pour figurer parmi la prestigieuse série de livres publiés à l’occasion du 50e anniversaire de la libération de l’Europe.
Titre original : Omaha Beachhead
- First Printed : Department of the Army, Historical Division
US Army, 1945
- Reprinted : The BatteryPress, Inc. Nashville Tennessee; USA, 1984
@ Michel M. Clemençon, 1993
@ Foxmaster Publishing Belgium 1993-2010
Route de la Gileppe 43 -B-4845 Jalhay, 1993-2010
@ Cartes : Cartographic Section, Historical Division, US Army
@ Cartes & Dessins : Louis J. Linet Jr, 1993-2010
@ Iconographie Günter G. Gillot Jr (détail en fin d’ouvrage)
Layout & Setup : Rainbow Studio, Günter G. Gillot Jr 1993
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Jul
03
2009
Category : France (North), Photos Cherbourg
Here is another set of World War Two Pictures related to France and to period June-July 1944.
Cherbourg and Colleville / Mer
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Feb
05
2009
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After the landing in Normandy, followed by some weeks later with the landing in the Provence (Sourth France), the US Army Air Force started to move ahead it’s Airfields to reduce the fly distances between the bombing targets assigned in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany and the home’s Airfields in the UK.
This started with the North part of France on Jun 7 1944 then in the South part when the troops landed on the beaches.
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