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Gen. J. Lawton Collins, VII Corps, describes taking of Cherbourg to Gen. Omar Bradley, 1st U. S. Army.
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Lt Gen Omar Bradley ( left ), Commanding General, U. S. First Army, listens as Maj Gen J. Lawton Collins, Commanding General, VII Corps ( United States ) | US VII Corps, describes how the city of Cherbourg was taken.
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