90 Infantry Division (USA) take the city of Mayenne
On August 5th the XV Corps ordered the Division to take the city of Mayenne, 37 miles away. Task Force Weaver was formed to accomplish the mission, and by noon it had reached the outskirts of the city.
By mid afternoon, after a brief skirmish, Mayenne had been liberated as had all the intervening towns and villages. Thirty-seven miles in a single day. Unheard of ! Here again there were welcomes and speeches and drinks and kisses and flowers. Here again Frenchmen opened their arms and their hearts. And here the mademoiselles were even better than before, simply because there were more mademoiselles.
There were the bearded Frenchmen who insisted on bestowing wet and whiskery kisses on the cheeks of each and every American who came within range. The mademoiselles were shy and coy, but not too shy and not too coy. But hospitable Mayenne was soon left behind.