US Army 3rd Infantry Division Private (Alton Knappenberger) cleans the barrel of his BAR (Brownie Automatic Rifle) rifle, somewhere in Italy; April 16, 1944.

Maintenance on the weapon

A little girl of a small town in Luxembourg presses a flower into the hand of a soldier as liberating American troops march through the town. An other one on the right wants to do the same; September 10, 1944.

Flowers for the liberators

An expanded view of the picture already posted... General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, United States Army, lands in Normandy, France to review the situation and progress. June 1944.
 
