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Letter of commendation to troops of V Corps by Lt. General Courtney Hodges, Commander First United States Army to Commander V Corps, Major General Clarence R. Huebner.

Bob Searl [NJ] Germany

A.Stokes [NJ] & L.Kraus [NJ] Germany

The 56th Signal Battalion was among the first allied troops to cross the Rhine. Here at the Victor? Pontoon Bridge Across the Rhine River, Germany 1945.

First contact telegram of just a few lines of comfort to my wife and family that I had survived the Initial DDay Assault on the coast of Normandy in June 1944. A welcome word to ease the anxiety, fear and apprehension felt back home.

Images of the war's effect on a quaint village in Normandy

Resting in a village outside of Bayeux, so named due to a coal mine that once existed here.

Chas Townsend [NJ] & Steve Mason [NJ]

Our living quarters for the first few days of the invasion: a bombed-out German bunker off the shores of Omaha Beach.

La Pie qui Tette, Vierville, France, the first few days in Normandy.