U.S. Army soldiers in battle against German forces outside Wegscheid, Bavaria, Germany, during World War 2. Smoke from explosions in the foreground. Buildings and houses of Wegscheid in the distance. Church steeple visible in town of Wegscheid. American soldiers viewing battle through binoculars. Soldiers lying in prone position and firing rifles. Soldiers running in the forest. A medic treats a wounded American soldier.
The U.S. soldiers of the 8th Armored Division in Wankum, Germany during World War II. German civilians with personal belongings in carts moving through the town. Buildings along the street sides. M-4, M-24 tanks, half tracks moving on the street.
The U.S. soldiers of the 8th Armored Division in Wankum, Germany during World War II. M-4, M-24 tank and half tracks moving on the street. The German prisoners and civilians walking on the street. United States soldiers aboard tanks moving on the street. Buildings along the street sides. Two U.S. chaplains and two German chaplains exit from building. The chaplains converse and re enter the building. A tank passing on the street.
The U.S. soldiers of the 8th Armored Division in Hinsbeck, Germany during World War 2. Civilians returning to their homes in the town, after temporary evacuation . View of narrow street with jeeps parked. An M3 half-track pulling a trailer,moves past on the narrow lane. An M3 half-track maneuvers around a corner in center of town, followed by a 2.5 ton truck. Several U.S. soldiers are on the street and sidewalk.View of street sign on building reading: "Adolf Hitler Platz." A civilian man and woman carry several mattresses. Two boys stand on sidewalk by a cart full of belongings, watching U.S. Army jeeps and trucks pass in the street. The biggest boy goes into a doorway nearby, while the smaller pauses to watch the passing vehicles before running after his companion.
U.S. soldiers of the 8th Armored Division in Hinsbeck, Germany during World War 2. Street scene in the town, as civilian residents return after temporary evacuation. Some push carts with belongings. A woman carries a mattress, followed some steps behind by a man with a bed spring. A woman carries a sleeping child. A young boy pushes a wooden wheelbarrow filled with large lumps of soft coal. Camera focuses on him as he turns in from sidewalk toward his house. A U.S. soldier sits in a jeep at an alleyway as a young woman pulls and a boy pushes a heavily laden small wagon, past him in the street.
The U.S. soldiers of the 3rd Armored Division in Niederhausen, Germany near end of World War II. Infantrymen seated atop M-4 Sherman tanks (with salvaged armor welded to the bow and also sandbag 'soft' armor for close quarters protection from Panzerfausts) and M-26 Pershing tanks. Tanks loaded with soldiers moving out of the town. The soldiers hold rifles. Houses line the street. Vehicles parked in the background. M-26 tank driving through the street. BAR gunner prominent amongst the infantry on the rear of the tank.
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