A wounded German soldier is being carried to a first aid station by his comrades. They were captured on the outskirts of the town of Brignoles by troops of the 2nd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division; Southern France, 19 August, 1944.

Captured and wounded

The sign by the Saar river (Germany) says "General Patton Bridge" Built By the Mighty Midgets, Co. F, 1303 Engr.
   The 1303rd was attached to George Patton's Third Army and built the bridges Patton needed as he raced across Europe after the retreating Germans. Patton called the engineers of the 1303rd his "Mighty Midgets" because, he said, that he had never seen so many little men do such a big job. They built pontoon bridges, Bailey bridges (made from prefabricated panels with crossed steel braces) and trestle bridges. Bridges were often built on the debris from bridges the Germans had destroyed as they retreated...; 1945.

Mighty Midgets

U.S. Paratroopers enroute to Normandy, to be dropped behind enemy lines in France; Eve of D-Day, June 5, 1944. 