The 10th Mountain Division advancing in Italy; April 1945.
 


Tank-borne infantry

Residents of Cherbourg, France, watch and wave to an American armored column as it rolls into their city. On the left, an M2A1 armored personnel carrier, in the center, an M4A1 Sherman tank, and on the far right, a previously captured German passenger car.


Residents welcome armored column

American troops crossing the Siegfried Line, dragon teeth like concrete fortification, stretching along the western border of Germany.
 
