Signalmen of the  8th Infantry Division's artillery battalion establish field communication with the Fire Direction Center. In the background is the completely destroyed St. Apollonia church in the village of Grosshau, Germany, in the Hürtgen Forest  area, approx. 10 miles east of Aachen; 1944

Signalmen at work 

A jeep is stopped at an American checkpoint, while the sentries check for Operation Greif men. That was the commando group led by Otto Skorzeny that dressed in captured American and British uniforms in an effort to capture a couple of bridges over the Meuse River. Many spoke perfect English and had the use of captured Allied vehicles. They also sowed confusion by posing as MP's and altered road signs.

Operation Greif

American GI's trudging through the snow in the Ardennes Forest in order to relieve the 82nd Airborne - Jan. 28, 1945.