American soldiers capture a German soldier partially concealed with dirt in the bottom of a foxhole; 1945.


Trying to avoid capture

Soldiers of the US 9th Army capture a German soldier in the outskirts of Geilenkirchen, Germany, on the border with the Netherlands, 20 kms. north of Aachen. The American soldier is armed with an M3 submachine gun.  


Armed with a "Grease" gun

American soldiers pass near the monument to King Victor Emmanuel II on Piazza Venezia in Rome, Italy; June 1944.