US soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 417th Infantry Regiment., 75th Infantry Division. (Bulge Busters) in very muddy terrain, cleaning their M1 Garands rifle and Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) M-1918 before moving up to the front line.

Prepare to go where the action is

General Anthony McAuliffe (right) conferring with General George Patton (middle); Bastogne, Belgium - January, 1945.

The General who said "Nuts"

Soldiers of the 99th Infantry Division attend a Christian service on New Year's Eve 1944; Belgium.

Battle of the Bulge time...

VE-Day: Victory in Europe... War has come to an end, at least there.

Celebration by all

...at his desk in Germany.
His most-dramatic action came at Bastogne, Belgium, where the Germans had encircled the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge (December 16, 1944–January 16, 1945). 
Abrams’s battalion was the first element of the Third Army to break through the siege, on December 26, 1944. For his heroics in these engagements, he was twice awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

Lieutanant Colonel Creighton Abrams...

On February 23, 1945, this picture was taken of six marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima, which has become one of the most iconic photographs of the Pacific theater. The Battle of Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest battles fought in the late stages of the Pacific War. 

Marines Raising The American Flag On Iwo Jima 

Brave American soldiers storming the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The Allied Invasion of Normandy, France was the largest seaborne invasion in history 

Storming The Beaches of Normandy

General Omar Bradley (center) with General George Patton  (left) and General Bernard Law Montgomery (right); 1944.

Meeting on further strategy

Captured German Infiltrator, December 1944. These German soldiers wearing GI uniforms were summarily shot. They caused havoc behind allied lines. That was their mission...

Captured in the Battle of the Bulge

RAF 312 Free Czechoslovak Squadron Mira Liskutin gun camera series shooting down Dornier near France

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