 An American 155-mm field howitzer M1 fires on German troops in Normandy, France; June, 1944.

At the moment of recoil

Soldiers of the 19th Field Artillery Battalion, 5th Infantry Division, man their gun under a snow-covered camouflage net near the commune of Haller, eastern Luxembourg, close to the German border; January, 1945.

Action about to warm up

An American 8 inch howitzer M1 is shelling Japanese positions on Luzon Island in the Philippines, in the Ipo Dam area, about 10 miles north-east of Manila. The crew nicknamed the piece "Comanche", written on the side of the barrel; March, 1945.