20 July 2023 Garand Picture of the Day

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Parisians greet US troops in the liberated French capital on August 29, 1944

A lot of smiles in that photo though many hard days ahead.

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Originally Posted by HOOKED ON HISTORY

though many hard days ahead.

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It's been a long road from Omaha or Utah beach too, if those guys were actually involved.

What a day it must have been!

From what I can tell, the Parisians never forgave the United States for liberating them. :madsmile: Folks in Normandy are different.

Bob

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Originally Posted by Bob Womack

From what I can tell, the Parisians never forgave the United States for liberating them. :madsmile: Folks in Normandy are different.

Bob

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Parisians are like any population of capital cities. They do not represent the country.
But I'm 100% sure they were all happy that day.
They started criticising the day after:lol: