Messenger Private Robert Vance, of the 33rd Tank Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, with his Harley Davidson motorcycle (WLA Liberator). Normandy, France, summer 1944.

US Army messenger

The infantry and tanks of the 6th Armored Division are engaged in a street fight in the German town of Oberdorla. In the foreground lies a dead American soldier, killed by sniper fire. Past the corner of the house is a partially visible M4 "Sherman" tank.

Street fight

Major General Maxwell D. Taylor, commander of the 101st Airborne Division, is interrogating the former commander of the Wehrmacht's XIII Corps, SS Gruppenführer (Lieutenant General) Max Simon, after his capture by US Forces.