US Soldiers Display a Captured Nazi Flag in Chambois, France
August 20, 1944
Soldiers of the 90th Infantry Division display a captured Nazi flag in Chambois. The 90th Division, nicknamed the “Tough Ombres,” played a significant part in the destruction of the German forces caught in the trap known as the Falaise Pocket. This division was part of Patton’s Third Army.
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