A captured, wounded young SS soldier lies on the hood of an American jeep in the Ardennes, south-eastern Belgium, waiting to be transported to a first aid station; January 6, 1945.

Alive, but out of the war

Soldiers of the 165 Infantry Regiment (New York National Guard, "Fighting 69th") wade ashore through jagged coral boulders along the beach of Butaritari Island, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands; November 20, 1944. 

Commander: "Makin Taken"

Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment of the 29th US Infantry Division on a destroyed street in the liberated French town of Isigny-sur-Mer; June 9, 1944.