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Civil Units Aid Assault Troops in France Frontline and Civil Affairs Coordinating
The Allied civil affairs units operate with front line troops in liberated French towns to speed relief and restore order. Lt Gen Grasett notes casualties among trained crews. UNRRA and authorities coordinate on displaced persons. Civil affairs observers attend trials. Nazi sympathizers face penalties. Food rationing shifts to French authorities as farms near Normandy supply the country.
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Moward Cowan
Eisenhower
France
INS
E., Grasett
Dwight D. E.senhowers
Cedar Rapids
Army
UNRRA
Wilbur Sawyer
New York
Sir Hubert Young
Grasett
Francois Coulet
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Belgium
Holland
Cherbourg
Normandy
Paris
Berlin