Army engineers carrying mine detectors cautiously probe a snowy road in the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge). In a dense minefield, engineers often exploded "snakes" - tubes filled with TNT that set off mines for seven feet around.

Looking for mines

Actress Marlene Dietrich hands out "lipstick autographs" to GI admirers during her USO tour in the Ardennes (1944).

USO tour

Combat soldiers head for their aid station carrying a wounded buddy on a door covered with straw (Battle of the Bulge; December 1944).