View of Beauvais, France.

View of Beauvais, France. The Cathedral towers over Beauvais, France, liberated by American forces August 31, 1944, on their drive to the Belgium border, which was crossed in force by Allied troops September 2, 1944. Many of the surrounding buildings are temporary structures, erected since the town was bombed by the Germans in 1940. Grass still grows over the town square.