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82 years ago today, medical personnel with the 2nd Armored Division pause to look at a sign made by local French citizens thanking them in Normandy, France on the 4th of July. 🇺🇸

The amazing story behind this picture of an American soldier with “Old Glory” over the French town of Bitche. In the bitterly contested town of Bitche, France, during the winter of 1944–1945, the men of the 100th Infantry Division (“Sons of Bitche”) fought a grueling campaign to break through German defenses. In March of 1945, as “Easy” Company of the 398th Infantry Regiment finally entered the streets, a local innkeeper named George Oblinger rushed forward with something extraordinary, an American flag, carefully stitched by his wife, Maria Oblinger. Under Nazi occupation, simply possessing an Allied flag could mean death, but Maria spent months secretly sourcing fabric, hand-sewing it in her basement, & hiding it inside a pillowcase for two years, waiting for the day liberation would come. The flag had a charming, human imperfection. Maria knew there were 48 stars but arranged them in a 6x8 grid instead of the standard layout. Captain Thomas Garahan & his men proudly raised Maria’s handmade masterpiece from a second-story window above a photography shop on Rue Colonel Teyssier. As the Stars & Stripes unfurled, it inspired something beautiful, as “Old Glory” tends to do. Local citizens began pulling their own hidden French Tricolors from cellars & attics, draping the town in color & hope. The 100th Infantry Division’s hard-won victory at Bitche earned them their proud nickname, “The Sons of Bitche,” & Maria’s flag became a lasting symbol of Franco-American friendship. Happy 250, America. 🇺🇸

Easy Company's Major Dick Winters' close encounter with an enemy soldier in France, 1944.

German troops at the gates of Stalingrad, 1942 Rare WW2 photos: bit.ly/45acOKL

82 years ago today, two 1st Army medics give first aid to an injured French dog they had found amid the ruins of Carentan in Normandy, France. 🪖

A German-Jewish WWI veteran wears his Iron Cross while a Nazi soldier stands in front of his shop for intimidation, 1933..... This photo was taken in April of 1933, during the Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses. It was the expression on the shopkeeper’s face that captivated MyHeritage’s Research team: proud, unafraid, smiling wryly, he exudes a quiet power that contrasts starkly with the hunched body language of the Nazi standing nearby. Who was this man? And what became of him in the dark days that followed? The Research team had to find out — and what they uncovered about the rest of the man’s story blew them away. The man’s name was Richard Stern. After being awarded the prestigious Iron Cross for his service in the German army during World War I, he was driven out of his home country by the hateful Nazi regime. The Research team discovered records of Richard arriving at Ellis Island at the age of 40 in May 1939 — narrowly escaping the beginning of the war. In 1942, when Richard was 43 and not yet an American citizen, he enlisted in the U.S. Army to join the war efforts. And not only did he fight against the country he had once been decorated for defending, he was awarded a Silver Star in 1944: the third-highest combat award in the U.S. Army. Research team discovered a newspaper clipping from The Long Island Star-Journal printed on July 6, 1944, describing his service: “The victim of German brutality, 45-year-old Sergeant Richard F. Stern, earned the Silver Star for gallantry in action during an assault Jan. 7 on the slopes of Mount Porchio when in the face of heavy enemy fire he addressed the Germans in their own tongue and demanded that they surrender, convincing them they were hopelessly outnumbered.” Richard did not have any children of his own, but his great-nephew Jack Romberg, a rabbi living in Florida, is well aware of his great-uncle’s actions in the war. He reports that his uncle kept the Silver Star in a box at the bottom of a drawer in a back bedroom — but he did not keep the Iron Cross. Instead, he gave it to the U.S. Army, which was collecting metal to melt down and make into ammunition. That’s right: he turned his German military award into bullets to shoot the Nazis. © The Jewish Observer #archaeohistories

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Combat Cameramen on the Frontlines During the Battle of Normandy (1944) 🇺🇸🎥 Filming intense combat with nothing but bulky film cameras and basic gear, Allied combat cameramen documented D-Day and the brutal advance through France while operating alongside frontline troops, often under heavy fire. Their footage became some of the most powerful visual records of World War II, preserving the realities of the Normandy campaign for future generations.

General Dwight D. Eisenhower and his senior commanders at Supreme Allied Headquarters in London, 1944.

Pearl Harbour - December 7th, 1941. More chilling historical photos: bit.ly/46yA996

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Inside the Normandy Battles Through German Cameras