Covered with the Star-Spangled Banner, the body of an U.S. Army officer rests amidst the ruins of St. Croix church, while his men hold position at their machine gun in a bomb crater, on July 23, 1944, in St. Lo, France.

St. Lo, France

This vast American fuel dump,more than 400,000 five gallon jerry cans of gasoline lining five miles of roadway between the Belgian towns of Stavelot and Francorchamps,lay just one mile from Joachim Piper's gas (petrol) starved panzers after they crossed the Stavelot bridge on Dec 18.The German  offense stalled when they couldn't get to the fuel dumps before they were destroyed.(rudeerude) 

American fuel dump

Nijmegen, September 20th 1944 A soldier of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne lies dead at the bottom of some steps at the North ramp of the Waal River Bridge.(rudeerude)