Soldiers of the 4th Mortar Squad, 2nd Platoon, Company C, 87th Chemical Battalion, attached to the 83rd Division, dig a position for 4.2 mortars in the snow and frozen ground of Ronce Woods (Bois de Ronce), Belgium; 18 January 1945.

First Army soldiers dig in the snow

The body of a Japanese lieutenant who crashed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is buried with military honors by U.S. troops. 

Respect for a dead foe


Infantrymen of the 331st Regiment, 83d Infantry Division, US Ninth Army, move out of Garzweiler, Germany (about 10 miles south-west of Düsseldorf)   toward their next objective, preceded by one of the tanks that will support them in their drive;  28 February 1945. 