http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/rooney.asp
"I went into Paris with American troops the day we liberated it, Aug. 25, 1944. It was one of the great days in the history of the world."
"French women showered American soldiers with kisses, at the very least. The next day, the pompous Charles de Gaulle marched down the mile long Champs Elysee to the Place de la Concorde as if he had liberated France himself. I was there, squeezed in among a hundred tanks we'd given the Free French Army that we brought in with us." -Andy Rooney
This statement "French women showered American soldiers with kisses, at the very least" by Andy Rooney and the stories I've heard in my life form WWII vets who where there like Andy cement my theory IMO.