The story
African-American US Army soldiers and American Red Cross workers in Assam, India, 23 Aug 1944; L to R: Cpl Robert Barttow, Pvt James Montgomery, Jeannette C. Dorsey, and Willie Lee JohnsonPolish resistance fighter near Krakowskie Przedmiescie Street, Warsaw, Poland, 23 Aug 1944; note captured German K98 rifle and helmetSimone Segouin (nom de guerre Nicole Minet) posing with a MP 40 submachine gun, 23 Aug 1944HMS Mauritius firing on German targets in Audierne Bay, France, 23 Aug 1944
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
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