American troops help Belgian refugees flee Bastogne, a city under siege by the German army; Bastogne, Belgium, December, 1944. 

Not advisable to stay

U.S. soldiers of a mortar squad from Company E, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division pause to eat chow near Bettendorf, Luxembourg. - L-R: Pfc. Ray Cottingham, Kokomo, Ind., Pvt. John W. West, Atlanta Ga., and Pvt. James J. Kudrne, Jr., Brookfield, Ill.; January 25, 1945.

C-Rations in the field

 A U.S. soldier lets little French girls look into his field glasses. They seem to be delighted.