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The 31st, one of the first American service units in the liberated capital, had headquarters set up in the Petit Palais before midnight of that day. That action marked the beginning of more than eight months of constant movement. Their headquarters left Paris for the east on 7 September 1944. -31st Cml Decontamination Co. history 
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 On August 20th, the 31st was reassigned to Headquarters, Special Troops, 12th Army Group, to serve as headquarters troops for a special intelligence force being organized by the 12th Army Group G-2. On August 23, it reached the front line at Rambouillet on August 25th. -31st Cml Decontamination Co. History 
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 The 31st turned in all its CWS unit equipment and drew in exchange an additional supply of cargo trucks and jeeps, and departed, for practical purposes no longer a CWS unit, for the first T-force objective—Paris 
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 This so-called T-Force was designed to operate as a front-line agency directly behind the advancing combat troops, where they were to seize enemy documents and roundup agents and collaborators before they escaped. 
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Brusveen: Then, we were in Paris for a while. We were there 13 days, in Paris. During the time we were there that shooting started during the parade down Champs Elysées. The shooting started and came from the Grand Palais. But, anyway, that’s where we stayed then. I and Charles Swanson. We had the boxing arena. But during that shooting, one bullet went through the door where we would have been working. 
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 Restaurant Ledoyen was a famous restraurant located in the heart of Paris near the Petit Palais. 
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 French streetside public urinal. 
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French WW-1 Monument 
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 Petit Palais in Paris. 
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 La Grange Aux Bois, in the Lorraine region of France. 
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 ...Brusveen: Then we went on up toward – we were heading for Verdun. And we stayed in Verdun a couple, three days. In fact I sent home a sheepskin coat from Verdun.... 
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