GIs enjoying a pint in Britain. American views on British beer was not always polite and encounters in British pubs between American and British soldiers were not always calculated to improve relations.

American GIs in a British Pub

Private Milburn Henke, one of the first US soldiers to arrive to Britain, steps onto the quay at Belfast, Northern Ireland; January 1942.

Over there...

Lance-Sergeant Brown and Sergeant Randall greet each other during the link-up between the British Eight Army and the US II Corps in Tunisia, 7 April, 1943.
The campaign had proved to be one of the most difficult and divisive fought by the Allies. 