Officers of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division pose for a group picture, before getting ready to board their planes to jump into Normandy, France; June 5, 1944.


Before boarding

American soldiers and Parisians pose with joy while holding an inverted portrait of Hitler; August, 1944. 


Joy in Paris

American soldiers are preparing to celebrate Christmas of 1942 in Buna, Papua New Guinea. The improvised palm Christmas tree is decorated with surgical cotton wool, ration cans, cigarette cartons and packs, post cards...