A .30 cal. machine gunner and a rifleman (with a carbine), of 87th Infantry Division, 3rd Army, cover a street in Koblenz, Germany; 18 March 1945.

Action in the Rhineland

Maj. Gen. Norman D. Cota greets General George C. Marshall, U.S. Chief of Staff, on Gen. Marshall's arrival at a headquarters in Belgium, 22 October 1944.

High ranking visit

The Thunderbirds (the 45th Infantry Division) was a National Guard unit composed of enlistees from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. They fought in the battle of Anzio, Italy, which lasted 135 days (22 January – 5 June 1944) and saw daily attacks by German forces. On June 4th, 1944, the unit captured Rome, a major moment in the Italian campaign.