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Carenten Postcard
Key Details
Date: c 1920s
Created By: unknown
Original or Replica: Replica
Era: The General
Collection: IKEducation
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Postcard with photo of main square in Carenten, France, c. 1920s. The town of Carenten, France, was the link between American forces at Utah and Omaha Beaches because four highways and a railroad converged there. The 101st Airborne’s key objective following D-Day was to seize Carenten from the Nazis, which they did on June 12, 1944.
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