SC 191880-S - Yank infantrymen crouch low to avoid German snipers as they patrol on an island near St. Germain, France. 29 July, 1944

SC 191987-S - GIs patrolling a swamp between an island and mainland near St. Germain, France, on the Periers front. They're members of a reconnaissance squad of a mechanized unit, and their enemy is Nazi paratroopers. 29 July, 1944

SC 192133 - Cavalrymen of an armored unit moving their first machine gun scout squad across the swamp to an island held by stubborn German paratroopers, near Saint-Germain on the Periers, France, front

SC 192096 - A patrol of American infantrymen scout through the town of Coutances, France, while it is still under German 88mm fire. 29 July, 1944

SC 192156 - Infantry patrol hugs hedgerow by lane in St. Lo, France, as German artillery shells burst overhead. Germans were using timed fire from gun emplacements south of city. 23 July, 1944

SC 192109 - While it is still under German 88mm fire, a patrol of American infantrymen scout through the town of Coutances, France. 29 July, 1944

SC 191912 - Hidden behind a hedgerow on the outskirts of St. Lo, where American forces are engaged in a fierce offensive to win the German stronghold, a Yankee infantryman wields a light machine gun against infiltrating Germans

SC 192110 - American infantrymen file unchallenged into Coutances after fierce battle which resulted in complete route of the Germans. 30 July, 1944

SC 192116 - Togged in new camouflage suits, these men of an infantry div. move forward into the field and mop up infiltrating Jerries near the town of Pont-Brocard, France. 2