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US soldiers celebrate the fall of Saarbrücken, Germany; An excellent photographic study of the men of the 70th Division during Operation Undertone.

Operation Undertone
This was the US and French offensive by Lieutenant General Alexander McC. Patch’s 7th Army and Général de l’Armée Jean Joseph Marie Gabriel de Lattre de Tassigny’s French 1ère Armée in the area to the south of the Mosel river and Lieutenant General George S. Patton’s 3rd Army in the area to the north of this same river with the object of clearing the ‘Saar-Palatinate triangle’ as the third stage of the Allies’ advance to the Rhine river (15/24 March 1945).
https://codenames.info/operation/undertone/


The 70th Infantry Division ("Trailblazers") was a unit of the United States Army in World War II, spearheading the Seventh United States Army's drive into Germany, south of Saarbrücken.

Activated at Camp Adair, Oregon, in 1943, the 70th Division served throughout World War II in the European Theater of Operations, the division was deactivated in October 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey following its return to the United States.

The name "Trailblazers" originated from the pioneers moving west into Oregon and "blazing" trails through the thick evergreen forests of the Pacific Northwest, the 70th Infantry Division adopted the "Trailblazer" title when they were activated in 1943. They became known as the Trailblazer Division.
https://wikivividly.com/wiki/70th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)