A British dispatch rider shaking hands with a US soldier of the Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF), Belfast, Northern Ireland, January 1942. -  The motorcycle is a BSA M20, which was one of the most widely used motorcycles in the British military during WW2. All vehicles used by the British army had an identification number and motorcycles had the prefix "C". 

Welcome handshake

Paratroopers of the "All American" 82nd Airborne Division check their parachutes as they prepare for the next jump.

"All American"

Reinforcements from the 82nd Airborne Division moving through the town of Vittoria in Southern Sicily, Italy, summer of 1943.