WW II 101st Airborne Division with Captured Nazi Flag, June 1944

This photo was taken by a U.S. Army Signal Corps photographer in the village of St. Marcouf, France (near Utah Beach) on 8 June 1944, two days after D-Day.

In the photo paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division hold a Nazi flag captured by the defeat of the German units holding St. Marcouf. There is also a German helmet on the ground just in front of the flag. This is a real event very similar to depiction in "Band of Brothers ."

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