Local residents welcome American troops arriving in the town of Monreale, on the outskirts of Palermo, northern Sicily, Italy; July 1943.

Center of attraction

German POWs, captured in the Battle of the Bulge, are marched to the rear by soldiers of the 328th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division; January 11, 1945.
 


Out of the cold, into the POW camp

An American Infantryman on the left peers cautiously through a gate for enemy snipers. As his companion carries a .30 caliber machine gun, they both move up to a new position during a battle for the commune of Sarre-Union, France. Both men are members of Company I, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division; December 2, 1944. 