Actress Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) poses with American soldiers during a concert in France; 1944.

Lifting the morale

U.S. 3rd Army soldiers dry out their footgear by a fire on a slush covered street in the village of Foy, Belgium, near Bastogne; January, 1945.

All cold and damp 

  Although the German railway guns may have been an extremely formidable weapon, they weren’t invincible, and their size made them a target for Allied forces. Here, American troopers can be seen proudly standing on top of a captured railway gun.
  Easily one of the German’s biggest weapons, they were sorely disappointed when they learned that it had fallen into the enemy’s hands. Now, the railroads and the forts in France were safe, for the most part.