Photos Photos of the US Army in the ETO

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During the early stages of "The Battle of the Bulge" the appalling weather conditions frustratingly grounded Allied aircraft which meant the men on the ground had to slug it out with the Germans without their usual overwhelming air support.
Then, on December 23rd, the sun rose and burned-off the ground-hugging fog and mist leaving a clear blue sky!
The skies were soon full of Allied planes which tore into the Germans now exposed on the ground below them with devastating results which halted the German advance and turned the tide in the Allies favour.
This original colour transparency shows the contrails of many Allied fighter-bombers weaving about in the sky above the battlefield...which they now controlled!
(LIFE / Florea)

 

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A Little French Girl Gives An American Soldier A Kiss On Valentine’s Day, 1945.

 

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These Belgian civilians caught up in the fighting in Bastogne during "The Battle of the Bulge" are being evacuated to a place of safety in a Dodge WC 63 6x6 1 1/2 ton weapons / personnel carrier of the US Army, December 1944.
Original colour image.
(LIFE / Silk)

 

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Normandy.

 

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The name of "Krupp" was synonymous with the German armaments industry for a generation...but all things must end.
Here, Herr Alfred Krupp, then head of the huge military-industrial conglomorate is being escorted away from his HQ in Essen by Jeep and into custody by American troops who had overrun the plant in April 1945.
I wonder if he appreciated the fine engineering in his captors' M2HB .50 cal Browning?!
(LIFE / Vandivert)

 

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WOW, neat pics of the German 88mm being repurposed against the Germans, cool!!! And cool pics of Normandy and all the damage, which I've never seen before.......keep'em coming!!

 

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Gordon Carson and Frank Perconte, Easy Company, 101st Airborne

 

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General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. For the D-Day landings he convinced his physician he was physically able to make the landing. He led his troops ashore, wading through the surf with his cane. His presence, and outright bravery against the German fire rallied his troops to storm their objective.
Sadly, he died of a heart attack on July 12, 1944 at age 56.

 

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Bazooka team with the 94th Infantry Division in Germany, 1945.

 

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Hill 192 Normandy France - June/July 1944
Hill 192 was located between the cities of Saint-Lô and Bayeux
LIFE Magazine Archives - Frank Scherschel Photographer

 

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