1944: A fallen German during the battle for Rome. R.I.P.

Italy

Lt. Edwin D. Cooke, Los Angeles, Calif., 70th Div., France, lay with the dead for 18 hours during a German counterattack in this territory of France. At one time a Young boy of the 12th SS rolled him over to cut off his wrist watch and failed to notice he was still alive. Here, Lt. Cooke demonstrates the position he took to escape detection. The other soldiers in the background, one a medic, are dead. The area was, again, taken over by the Allies after air-support was called in. 7 January, 1945.