{"id":8698,"date":"2019-08-27T21:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T19:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univem-paris.com\/2019\/08\/27\/75th-anniversary-of-the-liberation-of-chelles\/"},"modified":"2019-08-27T21:00:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T19:00:57","slug":"75th-anniversary-of-the-liberation-of-chelles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univem-paris.com\/en\/2019\/08\/27\/75th-anniversary-of-the-liberation-of-chelles\/","title":{"rendered":"75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Chelles"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the 27th August 1944, lthe city of Chelles is liberated by American troops of the 4th Infantry Division helped by the local French Resistance. The city celebrated this Sunday 1st September this liberation and UNIVEM was in charge of bringing vehicles used during these events. Thus, several vehicles of the association were displayed: GMC DUKW, Scout Car, Half-Track M3 and M16, two GMC CCKW, two Dodge Command Cars and several Jeeps.<\/p>\n

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From 10:00, a big parade started in the streets of the city. Not only there were our military vehicles, but also civilian vehicles from this era such as buses and cars. A first stop was made in front of the churches to take inhabitants of the city in the old buses.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t