Soldiers of the 413th Regiment of the 104th Infantry Division rest on the railroad tracks during the fighting in the area of Düren, Germany. December 21, 1944.

Soldiers rest

An American combat engineer (demolition specialist) removes the detonator of a German anti-personnel S-mine (Springmine 35) during the clearing of an area near Venafro, Italy.

Hazardous task

FIELD TELEPHONE, still in working order after being hit by a shell fragment when a Japanese "knee-mortar" shell landed six feet away during fighting in the Solomon Islands. In the absence of reliable radio communications, wire communications were heavily relied upon. The EE-8 field telephone and the sound-powered telephone were used for long and short distances, respectively