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Saturday, August 29, 2009

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

On August 29, 1944, 15,000 American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital celebrated its liberation from the Nazis.


An American M8 armored scout car in front of the Arc de Triomphe at the "Liberation Day" parade.


American soldiers watch as the Tricolor flies from the Eiffel Tower again, August 1944.