An American Combat Medic lies Dead in the snow at Malmedy. (scanned by HOS Bandit)

Executed Medic

An American soldier lies dead among the splintered ruins of a jeep-carrying Horsa Glider that smashed into a Hedge-Row. The frequency of such mishaps earned Gliders the nickname "Plywood Coffins" among Airborne Soldiers. (scanned by HOS Bandit)

Glider Crash

After their final suicidal attack on the Americans seeking to recapture Attu fails, Japanese dead, mostly at their own hands, carpet the Tundra. The Soldier in the fore-ground is one of many who turned themselves into human bombs, clutching a grenade to his chest as he hurled himself on the attackers. 'thats what the caption in the book says. After numerous corrections pointed out to me in earlier posts, I leave it too the viewers to decide the veracity of comment. (scanned by HOS Bandit)