Burning of Rouen

ID: 541 ~ Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burning_Rouen,_France_by_Germans,_WWII_photograph_by_Wehlau_(33649790870).jpg ~ Creator: U.S. Navy ~ Date: 1940
This file appears in: Supporting the Army
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Rouen, northwest of Paris on the Seine River, had sustained heavy damage during the German invasion of France.

This file appears in: Supporting the Army

By W.A. Scott III
"We got out, and we actually camped in the woods near Rouen about 38 or 40 kilometers outside somewhere, and my unit was self-contained motorized. We had – all of our companies had their own transportation, but we were immediately incorporated…