French Tanks Enter Paris Gate Through Porte dOrleans
ARIS By Cable describes a U S photo crew with Sgt Reg Kenny accompanying Brig Gen Jacques Leclerc s 2d French Armored Division as it breaches the eastern gateway into Paris. The report notes the tanks bearing inscriptions of cities and villages along the route from Apernon to Porte d Orleans and recalls the unit s earlier campaigns from Lake Chad to Tunisia.
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Aris
Apernon
Porte d’Orleans
Paris
Reg Kenny
Jacques Leclerc
Lake Chad
West Africa
le Petit
Paris Welcome and White Flags in 1944 Battle
Dispatch chronicles American soldiers entering Paris with cheers from crowds near Porte d’Orleans and Montparnasse. The convoy, amid shells and armor, encounters road blocks and a Spanish Republican battalion continuing their fight against fascist forces, while locals share wine and songs.
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Porte d’Orleans
Paris
Bienvenue
Avenue du Maine
Montparnasse Boulevard
Boulevard Des Invalides
Napoleon’s Tomb
Rue de Sevres
Hitler
Mussolini
Pyrenees
France
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Howard Katzander
YANK
Madrid
le Petit Chilly
Antony
Leclerc
Kenny