Advance elements of US soldiers cautiously moving through the ruined city of Saarbrücken, Germany, keeping an eye out for snipers.

Cautious advance

Italian Prisoners Taken at Gela, Sicily on D-day.
During the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943, the U.S. 1st Infantry Division, with the 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, landed on the beaches during the initial assault on 9 July 1943. 

Captured in Sicily

A wounded American soldier clasps his hands in prayer as he awaits evacuation during the Battle of Okinawa.
Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. 31 March 1945.

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