United States Army soldiers walking through flooded, muddy forest road in Merode, Germany following heavy rains during World War II. The American soldiers walk carefully through soft mud. Close-up views of legs and boots of U.S. Army soldiers walking in deep mud that completely covers boots. Soldiers’ feet lift out of the mud as they move. Soldiers and medic tie cables onto two trucks’ bumpers as they prepare to free a truck stuck in mud.
A United States Army soldier talks over a field telephone during the Vietnam War. A pair of soldiers, one of them is African American, hide behind shrubs beside the soldier talking on the phone. A group of medics carry a wounded soldier evacuating him away from battle area while another soldier looks on. Closeup view of the wounded soldier in pain. Soldiers climb up a hillside.
Pulheim station in Pulheim near Cologne, Germany during World War II. Train station sign reads “Pulheim”. Houses and military vehicles behind Pulheim station. Partially obscured road sign leaning on wooden post on road to Cologne. A German civilian woman carrying a bucket in a village. A wooden mill. Road sign reads “Köln”. A cleared roadblock to Cologne. United States Army soldiers (3rd Division) in Cologne on road and street after their entry into the city.
United States 3rd Army Division soldiers patrol through Bocklemünd on the north-western outskirts of Cologne, Germany in World War II. U.S. Army soldiers enter houses in the city and walk on the streets. Some soldiers run as they cross a street to evade snipers. Some infantry soldiers fire at German snipers. Soldiers forcefully break house doors open. Soldiers leaving house after search. Tanks moving on the street. Infantry soldiers search a village for snipers. Road sign showing the distance to Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Wuppertal, Aachen, Koblenz, and Bonn. A soldier walks past a “Stadtmitte” sign directing to Cologne city center.
United States 3rd Army Division M4 Sherman tanks and M26 Pershing tanks move forward through streetcar roadblock in Cologne, Germany during World War II. The tanks carefully cross under a bridge. An “Achtung” (“Danger” in German) sign hangs above the road. An armored M4 tank bulldozer tows a destroyed Line 3 Cologne Stadtbahn tram streetcar. U.S. Army soldiers carry a steel beam to clear road. A tank can move forward. More tanks emerge from heavy smoke and road after the road is cleared of destroyed streetcars.
United States 3rd Army Division soldier shoots at German snipers in Cologne, Germany during World War II. Street sign at Subbelrather Straße (Subbelrather Street) in Ehrenfeld borough, Cologne. Soldiers ride a Jeep and walk on foot near St. Rochus Church (Rochusstraße 98, 50827 Köln, Germany). The ruins of St. Rochus Church. A skyline view of Cologne, Germany.
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