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The Marine detachment of one of the Navy's heavy cruisers, displays the Nazi flag which they captured when they went ashore on the island of Retonneaux in Marseille harbor during the invasion of southern France. The enemy did not fire a shot and Marine Captain Francis R. Schlesinger, commanding the landing party, accepted the enemy commander's surrender. Captain Schlesinger is fifth from the right, third row in this picture which was taken as the Marines later displayed their trophy for a photographer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania circa 1944.
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