Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, General Dwight D. Eisenhower inspects the units of the 101st Airborne Division. On the soldiers' chest,  tags display the names of their home towns, for Eisenhower always asked the soldiers where they came from.

Supreme review

Third Infantry Division soldiers are firing 81-mm mortar M1, somewhere in Italy. Corporal receives adjustment of fire by telephone.

Mortar fire

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe, Dwight D. Eisenhower inspect the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division.