Photos Photos of the US Army in the ETO

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Port-en-Bessin in Normandy with anti-tank walls blocking the beach exits visible at lower right - just before D-Day in June 1944

 

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Men of the 101st Airborne Division walk through the bombed-out Belgian town of Bastogne .

 

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General George S. Patton congratulating Lt. Colonel William O. Darby after his Rangers helped Allied forces capture Gela Sicily - July 1943
LIFE Magazine Archives - Bob Landry Photographer

 

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US Soldiers with a French 47mm APX anti-tank gun at Piazza Umberto I, Gela Sicily - July 1943
LIFE Magazine Archives - Bob Landry Photographer

 

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A Captain with the US 88th Infantry Division examines captured enemy ammunition in Italy - June 1944
He is holding a German Rifle Grenade to be used with the “cup launcher” installed on a 98K Rifle
In the wood crate are seen German 7.92mm (8mm Mauser) rounds on stripper clips can be seen as well as Italian 6.5mm rounds in reload chargers for the fixed magazine Breda 30 light machine gun
LIFE Magazine Archives - Carl Mydans Photographer

 

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Liberation of Cherbourg France - June 1944
The German forces surrendered on June 29, 1944, but some isolated units held out until July 1st
LIFE Magazine Archives - Bob Landry Photographer

 

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Civilians flee their homes as US infantrymen advance during the Battle of Anzio. Near Formia, Italy. May, 1944.

German POWs being searched by troops of 3rd Infantry Div. during the Battle of Cisterna. 27 May 1944.

 

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US troops of Company C, 23rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 7th Armored Division on the streets of St. Vith, Luxembourg. January 23, 1945.

 

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US Army 10th Mountain Medical Unit Italy. 1945. Photo taken from a vehicle towing an anti tank gun.

 

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Douglas Fairbanks jr. Cruising back to Bastia on Dad's PT Boat 309. August 12, 1944

 

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US Army 5th Armored Division liberating Luxembourg on the 9th of September 1944.

 

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Unloading equipment on a beach near Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943.
United States National Archives

 

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WW2 - British Churchill 'Crocodile' flamethrower tanks assist US forces during the Battle for Brest, France - September 1944. (my colorization)
LIFE Magazine Archives - David Scherman Photographer.

 

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Marlene Dietrich preparing for a USO show near the front lines during the Battle of the Bulge, 1944. She made a point of touring throughout the war in some of the most dangerous areas.

 

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Two soldiers of the 101st Infantry Regiment dash past an explosion. Kronach, Germany. 1945.

 

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US Army personnel of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, Rouen, France, May 27, 1945.