Parisian firefighters and American soldiers conduct rooftop surveillance at the Place de la Concorde as US soldiers march in a military parade 29 August 1944. Far removed from accounts of selfless derring-do, many US soldiers were viewed by the French as sex-obsessed thugs who had been promised an “erotic adventure” — a mission that was fulfilled, much to the chagrin of locals.
American soldiers conduct rooftop surveillance at the Place de la Concorde during a military parade, 29 August 1944
