An American Infantryman on the left peers cautiously through a gate for enemy snipers. As his companion carries a .30 caliber machine gun, they both move up to a new position during a battle for the commune of Sarre-Union, France. Both men are members of Company I, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division; December 2, 1944. 

On lookout for snipers

Local residents welcome American troops arriving in the town of Monreale, on the outskirts of Palermo, northern Sicily, Italy; July 1943.

Center of attraction

"Riflemen of the 26th Infantry Division, 101st Infantry Regiment as they ford the Schleuse river near Waldau, Germany. The platoon was tasked with assaulting the German defensive positions concealed in a nearby grove of trees on the far side of the river." -- April 9, 1945