Soldiers of Company I stand guard over exhausted and cold German POW veterans of the Hurtgen Forest campaign. Captured at Junkersdorf, Germany (10-15 miles east of Aachen) on December 12, 1945, they were assembled and marched out of the front lines that morning by the equally exhausted survivors of Company I, 39th Infantry Regiment, US 9th Infantry Division.

Guarding German POWs

A US Army Captain inspects a Willis jeep, equipped with a stretcher to transport the wounded; Australia, October 1942.

Jeep modified to carry the wounded

President Truman awarding the Congressional Medal of Honor to Corporal Desmond Doss in 1945. 
   During the Battle of Okinawa, Doss saved the lives of 75 wounded infantrymen atop Hacksaw Ridge despite being wounded four times himself.