WHITE FLAGS
| Bedsheets and pillowcases were hasty surrender signs in
Herxheim and other conquered German towns. |
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 Village after village in the Reich
presented this solemn, ghost-like spectacle to conquering T-Patchers rumbling over the
ancient cobblestones of the Palatinate main streets—a white flag flying from every
house, a few stunned, gloomy-eyed civilians watching the parade of Allied armor. After
each fresh entry civilians were ordered confined to their homes for 48 hours. Under
non-fraternization orders, the Americans—for the first few days, at
least—ignored German wonderment and attempts to talk friendly-like to them. (Left)
Troops line up for chow at a Rhine River outpost. |
| Engineers systematically destroyed . . . |
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| . . . Each of the captured heavy fortifications. |
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