Captured German nurses shortly after arriving in Balleroy

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These nurses were captured when Cherbourg fell, and were then transported to Balleroy in this Dodge WC51 ambulance. Note the newspapers stuck to the outside of the windows of the ambulance intended to prevent the prisoners from obtaining any intelligence that could be of use to the Germans when the nurses were returned to German lines. Escorting them are a US Army colonel along with a Lieutenant.

They were shortly returned to German lines, due to their status as non-combatants. Their time with the Allies was documeted for the press, in a series of photos. It was also later reported in US newspapers. The nurse with the white coat has been identified as Herta Wist.

Report in the Milwaukee Journal on July the 3rd 1944.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19440703&id=siohAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Vn4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5451,763158