| United States Army 28th Infantry Division, XIX Corps, 1st Army, 12th Army Group, marches down the Champs-Élysées after the liberation of Paris by the Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur (FFI – “French Forces of the Interior”) and the Deuxième Division Blindée Française (“French Second Armored Division”) days earlier. The 28th Infantry Division suffered 176.3% casualties during World War II; 16,762 total casualties, 2,316 killed in action, 9,309 wounded, 884 wounded, 3,953 captured, from July 22, 1944, when it landed in Normandy, fighting through France, the Siegfried Line, Hürtgen Forest, Ardennes Offensive and the Colmar Pocket, until the Division returned to the United States on August 2, 1945. | |
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| Caption Author | Written or Adapted by Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | August 29, 1944 |
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| City | Paris |
| State or Province | Île-de-France |
| Country | France |
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| Status | Caption ©2026 MFA Productions LLC Please Do Not Duplicate or Distribute Without Permission; Image in the Public Domain |
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