Three grateful Parisiennes thank a smiling pair of U.S. soldiers parading their jeep along the Champs-Élysées during the liberation of the French capital on Aug. 26, 1944. (AFP/Getty Images)

Three grateful Parisiennes thank a smiling pair of U.S. soldiers parading their jeep along the Champs-Élysées during the liberation of the French capital on Aug. 26, 1944. (AFP/Getty Images)