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Parisians joyfully welcome American troops liberating Paris.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 62614

Parisians joyfully welcome American troops liberating Paris.

Pictured is Sam Waagenaar, a reporter of the International News service attached to a psychological warfare unit.

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Caption: Parisians joyfully welcome American troops liberating Paris.

Pictured is Sam Waagenaar, a reporter of the International News service attached to a psychological warfare unit.
Photographer: Red Broderick
Date: 1944 August 25
Locale: Paris, [Seine] France
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Sam Waagenaar

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Sam Waagenaar

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Keyword: CELEBRATIONS FRENCH JOURNALISTS LIBERATION DAY SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN) WOMEN
Photo Designation: LIBERATION -- France -- Celebrations

Record last modified:: 2012-10-23 00:00:00
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