Two German women make their way over the rubble in the small municipality of Holsthum, between Bitburg and Trier, Germany, during mopping up operations, after the Americans captured the town. German soldiers in the background clasp hands over their head as they are rounded up by US troops, March, 4, 1945.

Town and troops are taken

U.S. First Infantry Division - Big Red One - troops going through the process procedure for the embarkation, bound for Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. In the front, 2 GIs pulling a hand-cart with supplies, others wait their turn; England, June 1944. 


Embarkation for Invasion

Troops of the U.S. 100th Infantry Division attack in the devastated city of Heilbronn on the Neckar river, just north of Stuttgart, Germany; April, 1945.