article_snippet: Hundreds of Polish residents took to the streets to give a hero's welcome to a convoy of U.S. troops who are driving through eastern Europe and deliver a damning message to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
article_snippet: The scenes mirrored those in France after Paris was liberated at the end of the Second World War when crowds of French citizens lined the streets to greet the American soldiers after German troops were forced from the region.
article_snippet: A Polish border guard veteran salutes as A Polish border guard veteran shakes hands with an American soldier.
article_snippet: Residents waved American flags to greet NATO troops.
article_snippet: A U.S. soldier holds aloft a Poland scarf given to A U.S. soldier as a gift.
highlights_snippet: Residents lined the streets to greet the soldiers as the soldiers posed for pictures with locals who offered the soldiers gifts .
  