Welcome to the story of the 100th Infantry Division and its role in the Second World War. Click on the photograph below to enter the site.
This iconic photograph was taken after the town of Bitche, France, fell to the 100th Infantry Division, on March 16, 1945. Reportedly a French woman had made the flag and hidden it throughout the German occupation. The flag is being waved by Captain Thomas Garahan, of Brooklyn, NY.
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