US Major General Ralph Royce (holding the map), with military engineers on the beach in Normandy, the day after the Allied landings.
Ralph Royce (June 28, 1890 – August 7, 1965) was a United States Army Air Forces general during World War II. 

Map conference

Paratroopers of the 507th Parachute Regiment, 17th Airborne Division, taking a breather on the rubble on a street in a suburb of Essen, Germany.

Take five

An 81-mm mortar battery of the 30th Infantry Division on the outskirts of Magdeburg, Germany. Prepared for firing on German positions.