U.S. Army units moving toward the front on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; January 1943.

Heat, humidity and palm trees

PFC Urban Masiero (left) and Staff Sergeant Andy Minicozzi (right) of Company A, 289th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division examine Masiero’s helmet which was pierced by an enemy’s bullet and drew blood from his temple, but left him otherwise unscathed. The Ardennes, Belgium, January1944.

Close call, but safe...

A U.S. soldier of the 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, guarding German P.O.W.-s in the commune of Suzzano, northern Italy; 1945. - On the left is the grave of a German corporal, named Gunther Müller. 