Troops of the 3rd Chemical Company throw up a smoke screen to conceal the crossing of the Roer River by the 30th Infantry Division of the U.S. Ninth Army.
  The Roer was crossed on 23 February 1945, near Jülich.

Smoke screen

Men of the 3rd Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment under fire along the road between the communes of Mortain and Barenton, France; March 24, 1945.

Under fire

American soldiers from the 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, move into the French town of Évreux - between Caen and Paris - a sight of relief for the locals; August 25, 1944.  