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Time for doughnuts and coffee, provided by The Red Cross

In April 1945, as the gates and confines of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Germany were thrown open, inmates and refugees streamed about the area, heading in all directions, without caring where the roads led, as long as they were away. These…

Chas Gahres [PA] Inside the ring of death, at Falaise.

Allied encirclement of German Forces. The horrible sights and smell of death prevails, both man, machine & animal.

A silent street scene. Bombed buildings and rubble of war, only dust, destruction and death remains of a town in France.

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.

Banner in Le Molay, Normandy, welcoming the allied troops a few days after the initial invasion.

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]