US soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 417th Infantry Regiment., 75th Infantry Division. (Bulge Busters) in very muddy terrain, cleaning their M1 Garand rifle and Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) M-1918 before moving up to the front line.

Prepare to go where the action is

General Anthony McAuliffe (right) conferring with General George Patton (middle); Bastogne, Belgium - January, 1945.

The General who said "Nuts"

Dwight D. Eisenhower conferring with senior British Army officer Bernard Montgomery in London, 1944.