American soldiers firing an 81-mm M1 mortar from the edge of a village near the  Rhine river in Germany. Spring 1945.

81-mm mortar

 German soldiers, captured by the 26 Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division, are escorted to the rear in Aachen, Germany, near the French border.

Captured in Aachen

Soldiers of 314th Infantry Regiment, 79th U.S. Infantry Division are engaged in combat in a street in the French town of La Haye-du-Puits. Soldier on the right is armed with a Browning automatic rifle. (BAR).