"The Le Du Family Return To Their Village" Many French families have lost their homes as farms and villages have been ravaged by war in Normandy. This particular image is part of a series which show a typical family who were turned out of their home by the Germans who then used it as a strong point. When the families returned to their homes after the Allies liberated the area, they found much of their village had been ruined and their homes completely wrecked in the battle. Families affected were offered refuge in practically the only house standing in the village. This image shows one such French civilian Mari-Anne Le Du clasping a book among the debris in one of the rooms of her new home in the village of Buron, N. W. of Caen.