One usefulness of the General Purpose (jeep) vehicle is to bring back a small number of prisoners of war, as the case is here. To make sure they don't escape, one GI holds a grease gun at the ready; Brittany, France, 1944.


Free ride for a pair of Germans

An American jeep-patrol comes back with 2 German POWs; January 1945.

During the Battle of the Bulge

One of the American M4A1 (76) W Sherman tanks of the 771st separate tank battalion moves through a ruined street in the city of Münster, Germany, about 20 miles north of Dortmund. In the background is the church of St. Lambert.
Separate tank battalions were military formations used by the United States Army during World War II, especially in the European Theater of Operations. These battalions were temporarily attached to infantry, armored, or airborne divisions according to need. They were also known as general headquarters tank battalions.    