ETE4890806: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Italy May 1944: American General Jacob Devers (Assistant to the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces on the Mediterranian Theatre of Operations) accompanies General Alphonse June (Commander of the C.E.F in Italy) with a wounded French soldier in a field hospital French held by the Countess du Luart / Bridgeman Images
ETE4900506: Second World War (1939-1945) - World War II (WWII or WW2): Great Britain England October 1944: In a US Army Medical Service convalescence centre, 8th USAF airmen regain complete recovery: These 8th USAF machine guns, victims of back, shoulder and leg injuries, engage in an exercise of arch / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4900511: Dec. 12, 1953 - Swiss girl arrested in connection with gold that vanished from an aircraft - American Air Captain Harold Dahl and his Swiss girl friend Miss Ella Eppenberger were arrested recently in Paris in connection with the disappearance of a box containing gold weighing 56 lbs. and valued at 130,000 Francs (Swiss). Dahl was the pilot of a Swissair aircraft which took off from Paris with eight boxes each containing 56 lbs. of gold. On arrival at Geneva airport one of the boxes was missing. When police wanted to interview Dahl, they were unable to trace him as he had left the air company. In the company of his wife, three children and his friend Miss Eppenberger - he was eventually traced, living in expensive hotels in England, Germany and Italy. When they went to Paris recently - they were arrested. Dahl claimed that the arrest was illegal as he was an American citizen and said that he knew nothing about the missing gold. Keystone Photo Shows: Miss Elle Eppenberger - the arrested friend of Harold Dahl / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4900531: Jun. 01, 1974 - Chancellor Helmut Schmidt came to Paris for the French-German summit conference. Giscard d'Estaing started a new protocol. After their first meeting at the Elysee Palace, President Giscard d'Estaing accompanied his guest by foot to his hotel. Then they held a press conference together on the Elysee Palace steps / Bridgeman Images