Men of the US Fifth Army with blackened faces set out down rocky path on night raid in the Appennine Mountains,Italy(rudeerude)

Night raid

A mortar crew opening their mouths to avoid ear concussions as they duck away from a chemical mortar they have just fired at night on the Italian front in the Appennine Mountains.

Avoiding ear concussions

S/SGT George Talbert, 3d Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, crouches near a tree at the edge of a firebreak as the 18th Infantry Regiment drives through the forest near Sourbrodt, Belgium. 19 Dec 1944.(rudeerude)