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After D-Day, 'Somewhere in France'

A photographer’s images document a summer of liberation 73 years ago

by AARP, AARP Bulletin

  • After D-Day, 'Somewhere in France'
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    'Vive les Americains'

    En español | During World War II, American John G. Morris was the London picture editor for Life magazine. After D-Day, in the summer of 1944, the 27-year-old Morris joined the Allied armies in Normandy. “It was about the only time I carried a camera,” he says. In his new book Somewhere in France, Morris shares for the first time the images he recorded right after France's liberation. In this photo, residents greet American liberators as they arrive in front of the theater on the city hall square of Rennes in Brittany on Aug. 4, 1944.

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  • After D-Day, 'Somewhere in France' - Refugees gather in Montebourg, a town in Normandy, on July 24.
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    Homeless

    Refugees gather in Montebourg, a town in Normandy, on July 24.

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  • After D-Day, 'Somewhere in France' - On Aug. 4 in Rennes, officials arrest a Frenchwoman accused of being a German collaborator.
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    Shamed

    On Aug. 4 in Rennes, officials arrest a Frenchwoman accused of being a German collaborator.

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  • After D-Day, 'Somewhere in France' - British and Canadian war correspondents sit with a local official near the city of Saint-Malo in Brittany on Aug. 8.
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    Press Briefing

    British and Canadian war correspondents sit with a local official near the city of Saint-Malo in Brittany on Aug. 8.

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  • After D-Day, 'Somewhere in France' - Young orderlies pose for the photographer at the First Army press camp in the town of Vouilly in Normandy on Aug. 6.
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    Soldiers in Waiting

    Young orderlies pose for the photographer at the First Army press camp in the town of Vouilly in Normandy on Aug. 6.

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  • German prisoners transported by U.S. soldiers, near Saint-Lo, Manche, Normandy, July 27, 1944.
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    Captive Cargo

    American soldiers transport German prisoners near the town of Saint-Lo in Normandy on July 27.

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  • After D-Day, 'Somewhere in France' - German prisoners are taken away by American soldiers near Saint-Lo on July 27.
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    To Parts Unknown

    German prisoners are taken away by American soldiers near Saint-Lo on July 27.

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  • After D-Day, 'Somewhere in France' - A young German is taken prisoner in Saint-Malo on Aug. 9.
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    Unwanted Attention

    A young German is taken prisoner in Saint-Malo on Aug. 9.

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  • After D-Day, 'Somewhere in France' - Refugees pause in Montebourg, a town in Normandy, on July 24. The cases hold U.S. food rations from the Raritan Arsenal in Metuchen, N.J.
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    Rest for the Weary

    Refugees pause in Montebourg, a town in Normandy, on July 24. The cases hold U.S. food rations from the Raritan Arsenal in Metuchen, N.J.

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  • After D-Day, 'Somewhere in France' - Photographer John G. Morris steps in front of the camera and poses with two French children in the town of Bayeux in Normandy on July 23.
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    Disarmed

    Photographer John G. Morris steps in front of the camera and poses with two French children in the town of Bayeux in Normandy on July 23.

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  • After D-Day, 'Somewhere in France' -A soldier and a woman kiss in a field on Aug. 7 in the city of Dol-de-Bretagne during the liberation of Brittany.
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    Interlude

    A soldier and a woman kiss in a field on Aug. 7 in the city of Dol-de-Bretagne during the liberation of Brittany.

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  • Photos and captions are from Somewhere in France by John G. Morris
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    'Somewhere in France'

    Photos and captions are from Somewhere in France by John G. Morris         

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