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New York Bureau
Surrender In Avranches
France—During the drive for Avranches an American patrol heads cautiously toward a convent where Nazi soldiers are believed to have fortified themselves. In the top photo two nuns come out to meet the patrol bearing the German offer of surrender. Capt. Albert J. Owen, nearest the nuns, accepted the surrender. In the bottom photo, German soldiers, hands on their heads, come out of their convent hiding place. Looking on is one of the nuns who negotiated the surrender.
Credit: ACME