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English: Capt. Thomas H. Garahan, Brooklyn, New York, raises American flag as Bitche, France, falls to the 100th Infantry Division, US Seventh Army, after a siege of many months. He was with the first troops to enter the town, March 16, 1945.
Date Taken on 16 March 1945
Source U.S. National Archives
Author U.S. Signal Corps
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