World War II History, Paris France
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Photo 1 shows, from left to right, Captain Roberts , Captain Joffee and Lt. Williams of the 6851st Headquarters Detachment, Liaison Service, at Notre Dame 1945.
Photo 2 is a photo from approximately the same location at Notre Dame with Charles Roberts, Jr. on the left, Tom Roberts center and Lydia Roberts on the right in March 2010.
Notre Dame was a popular visiting site with many in the U.S. Military as evidenced by photo 3 taken by Captain Lewis Taynton of the 70th Tank Battalion in 1944.
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Photo 3 of Notre Dame was taken by Captain Taynton of the 70th tank Battalion in the summer of 1944
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Photo 4 is Lt. Williams (left) and Captain Roberts at the Place de l'Opera, 1945. Photo 5 is a reenactment of the photo with Tom Roberts on the left and Charles Roberts, Jr. on the right, March 2010
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Photo 6 is a photo taken of the Place de l'Opera in the summer of 1944 by Captain Taynton of the 70th Tank Battalion
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Photo 7 is Captain Taynton with his jeep in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, summer 1944. Photo 8 is approximately the same view in March 2010
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Photo 9 shows the Arc de Triomphe in the summer of 1944 and March of 2010 (Photo 10).
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Captain Taynton in front of the Arc de Triomphe, summer 1944
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Photo 12 shows the tomb of the unknown soldier in the summer of 1944 as compared to Photo 13 in March 2010.
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Eiffel Tower in the summer of 1944 (photo 14) and in March 2010 (Photo 15)
Copyright 1995 Charles C. Roberts, Jr
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