US troops pouring across the the Rhine river via pontoon bridge; spring 1945.

Across the Rhine










 


“An eighteen year old boy is carried into the shock ward, and he looks up at me trustingly asking, “How am I doing, nurse?” I just kiss his forehead and say, “You are doing just fine soldier.” He smiles sweetly and says, “I was just checking,” Then he dies. We all cry in private. But not in front of the boys. Never in front of the boys.” - June Wandrey
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Angels

Maj. Gen. James M. Gavin, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge, Dec. 1944.