"Riflemen of the 26th Infantry Division, 101st Infantry Regiment as they ford the Schleuse river near Waldau, Germany. The platoon was tasked with assaulting the German defensive positions concealed in a nearby grove of trees on the far side of the river." -- April 9, 1945

Cold Water!

An American Infantryman on the left peers cautiously through a gate for enemy snipers. As his companion carries a .30 caliber machine gun, they both move up to a new position during a battle for the commune of Sarre-Union, France. Both men are members of Company I, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division; December 2, 1944. 

On lookout for snipers

Infantry patrol of the 26th Infantry "Yankee" Division, 3rd U.S. Army, leaves newly captured town of Schleusingen, - approx. 50 miles north of Nuremberg - Germany, on search for German soldiers in surrounding woods." -- 26th Infantry Division, 101st Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Company I.; April 10, 1945. 