Private Dewey Ossley, medic with the 320th Infantry Regiment (US 35th Infantry Diviion) speaking with Belgian civilians at the Chateau de Losange, outside Lutrebois, Belgium; Battle of the Bulge, 6 January, 1945.

Friendly locals

Three GIs from the 26th Infantry "Yankee" Division fill their canteen in a clear cold stream during the lull in the fighting outside Wiltz, Luxembourg; Battle of the Bulge, January 15, 1945.

Drinking water from nature

Lieutenant-Colonel Warren Wood and Major Heffelfinger check a map at the entrance of the Chateau de Losange, 2 miles south of Bastogne, Belgium. 3rd Battalion of the 134th Infantry Regiment (US 35th Inf Div) had set up their Command Post (CP) in the Chateau; early January 1945.