American soldiers of the 378th Infantry Regiment enter the city ("Fortress") of Metz, France; November 1944. 

After heavy fighting

"Donut Dollies" was the popular term used to refer to the American Red Cross women who volunteered to work overseas in mobile service clubs called clubmobiles. These Red Cross volunteers served to provide food, entertainment and a bit of a connection to home to servicemen stationed in Great Britain and those on many European battlefronts. 


God bless the "Donut Dollies"

Soon after D-Day, still on board one of the ships, American servicemen use a captured Nazi flag as a tablecloth; Normandy area, France, June 1944. 