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In each town they liberated, the Canadians were given a hero's welcome. This photo depicts Valenciennes, where the Sisters of the Hotel Dieu and some of their patients, including a Canadian who was wounded soon after he entered the town, celebrated liberation.

Black and white photograph. Canadians in Valenciennes amongst a crowd of cheering French citizens. They wave various allied flags. The faces of men, women, and children are all joyous. — (Canadian Dept. of National Defence, Library and Archives Canada, MIKAN No. 3397434.)

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