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.

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