Soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division among the ruins of the small German village of Prüm;  February 1945.

Among the ruins

The soldiers of the 9th Battalion, U.S. 20th Armored Division, took German prisoners of war (made them lay down so not to escape) in a suburb of Munich.  April 30, 1945.

POWs - on the ground

Major General Manton Sprague-Eddy, commander of 9th US Infantry Division talks to French civilians outside of Saint Léonard Church, Beauvain, France. - Beauvain was liberated from German occupation on 16th August 1944.