Pvt. Joseph Klem, member of Company C - 357th Infantry Regiment (US 90th Infantry Division) prepares to munch on his noonday ration in the village of Binsfeld, northern Luxembourg, Battle of the Bulge, late January, 1945.


Lunchbreak in the lull of battle

Major General James A. Van Fleet, US 90th Infantry Division commanding general, watches an American casualty being taken away by jeep while German artillery and mortar rounds are landing all around the building. The other men in the photograph are officers of either the 359th Infantry Regiment or the 915th Field Artillery Battalion; Battle of the Bulge, Luxembourg, 9 January 1945.

Mortar rounds all around

Three GIs from the 26th Infantry "Yankee" Division fill their canteen in a clear cold stream during the lull in the fighting outside Wiltz, Luxembourg; Battle of the Bulge, January 15, 1945.