Sherman tanks cutting through hedgerows and fields west of the village of Saint Lo after a breakout from invasion beachhead areas.July 1944(rudeerude)

Breakout

In one of the great, overlooked photos of WWII, two Spearhead tank crewmen have left their Sherman (at left) moments after another Sherman (at right) took a hit from a German Panther tank (out of sight). The original newswire caption reads that one crewman is running to aid any survivors in the smoking Sherman, while the other is running toward the camera for a medic. The towering Cologne Cathedral can be seen in the background. texag57

Cologne Runners

The Signal Corps information identifies these as 3AD 105mm self-propelled howitzers of the 2nd Bn, 32nd Armor, in action in the Valley of Trou De Bra, Belgium, along highway N432, 20 kilometers west of Trois-Ponts, in January 1945 (Battle of the Bulge). texag57
