Two American soldiers with a Browning M1917 machine gun in position behind a tree. The soldier on the left is armed with an M3 Grease gun (submachine gun); France, 1944.

Waiting in position

Once the MARS TASK FORCE entered enemy territory, its only link for outside assistance was by field radio; Burma, 1944.

In enemy territory

Two American soldiers of the 16th Regiment, 1st Army, take cover, one in a doorway, the other next to a damaged German Pz.Kpfw tank. V "Panther" during the battles for the city of Bonn on the Rhine river, south of Cologne, Germany; March 9, 1945.