A US Field Artillery unit is taking a pause in a war-damaged village in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge.

Towed artillery piece

2nd section after cleaning their howitzer

2nd section, Btry C 229th FA Bn, 28th Inf Div

Soldiers of the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, muscle a 57mm anti-tank gun into position at what became known as the "Hot Corner", at the Germany-Belgium border, a patch of ground the division denied to the advancing Germans which ensured the North Shoulder of the Bulge would hold. This photo was taken on December 17, 1944.
