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06-05-2008, 09:58 PM
D-Day Tank Unearthed at Chartres
By Associated Press
June 5, 2008
http://www.nysun.com/foreign/d-day-tank-unearthed-at-chartres/79315/ (http://www.nysun.com/foreign/d-day-tank-unearthed-at-chartres/79315/)
An M5 light tank was discovered yesterday by council workers at Chartres, 55 miles southwest of Paris, during the course of their work. The tank was from the America's 31st Tank Battalion, part of the 1944 D-Day invasion force that recaptured France from the Nazis.
Click to enlarge image >http://www.nysun.com/pics/1449_large.jpg (http://www.nysun.com/pics/1449.jpg)
ALAIN JOCARD / 2008 AFP
EXCAVATION A mechanical digger lifts a World War II American tank discovered buried under a street at Chartres.
By Associated Press
June 5, 2008
http://www.nysun.com/foreign/d-day-tank-unearthed-at-chartres/79315/ (http://www.nysun.com/foreign/d-day-tank-unearthed-at-chartres/79315/)
An M5 light tank was discovered yesterday by council workers at Chartres, 55 miles southwest of Paris, during the course of their work. The tank was from the America's 31st Tank Battalion, part of the 1944 D-Day invasion force that recaptured France from the Nazis.
Click to enlarge image >http://www.nysun.com/pics/1449_large.jpg (http://www.nysun.com/pics/1449.jpg)
ALAIN JOCARD / 2008 AFP
EXCAVATION A mechanical digger lifts a World War II American tank discovered buried under a street at Chartres.