U.S. infantrymen of the 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division,  U.S. First Army, crouch in a snow-filled ditch, taking shelter from a German artillery barrage during the Battle of Heartbreak Crossroads in the Krinkelter woods on 14 December 1944.

Preceeding the Ardennes Offensive

Pvt. Roy McDaniels, of Hartford City, Indiana, keeps a lookout for enemy activity from a 30th Infantry Division observation post in Stavelot, Belgium; December 1944.

Battle of the Bulge Offensive

Captured German Infiltrator, December 1944. These German soldiers wearing GI uniforms were summarily shot. They caused havoc behind allied lines. That was their mission...