American soldiers and pilots at a German Pz.Kpfw. V "Panther" on the road to  Pont-Hébert, 5 miles north of Saint-Lô, France. Next to the tank are the pilots of the P-47 Thunderbolt fighters  At the beginning of the battle for Normandy, the pilots asked to point out to them the weaknesses and vulnerabilities of German tanks; July 1944.

Soldiers and pilots at a German tank

Two First Sergeants of the US Fifth Army having a brief conversation with one of the members of the Swiss Guard in the Vatican; Rome, Italy, 1944.


US soldiers and the guard of the Pope

An American nurse stands outside the tent of the 44th Evacuation Hospital near the village of La Cambe in Normandy after her shift ends; North-western France, June-July 1944.