Soldiers of Task Force Linden (Company I, 242nd Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division) prepare for action at their log-and-dirt bunker near the commune of Kauffenheim, north-eastern France; January 8, 1945. 

Shelter from the cold and the enemy

Two soldiers from the U.S. 45th Infantry Division’s 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, bring rations and supplies through the deep snow to buddies dug in on an Alsace, eastern France hillside. Resupplying frontline troops was a real challenge for both sides; November, 1944. 

Rations and supplies coming

A US soldier carries an M1917 Browning heavy machine gun and ammunition near Utah Beach; Normandy, France – June 1944. 