Soldiers of the US 7th Army check out one of the Maginot line fortifications near the French village of Climbach, in the Alsace, while some take a rest. 


Maginot line bunker

A pair of 1st Armored Division combat engineers search for mines, one of them using an SCR-625 mine detector in front of two destroyed German Pz.Kpfw. IV tanks, near Anzio, Italy; 1944. 

Mine clearing

A small boy helps a motorcycle despatch rider negotiate a muddy road in Holland, 11 December 1944.The younster is wearing wooden cloggs,not a bad thing to have in those mud conditions ;)
taken from fb/alex de groot
Comment from David Schrock:
Those US Army messengers/couriers on motorcycles. They got chased by the Luftwaffe, outrun the Germans at times, took pot shots now and then, and rode in the worst weather possible, and had roads that were like riding through a pig pen. Respect...