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SC 167571 – The 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry, that cleared the road and fields of mines, marching through the Kasserine Pass and on to Kasserine and Farriana, Tunisia. 26 Feb 1943. Photo : McGray.

SC 170121 – Members of the 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry, marching through the Kasserine Pass, on to Farriana. View looking east toward Kasserine through the pass. 26 Feb 1943. Photo : McGray.

SC 171890 – Company D, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, dug-in in the hills south of El Guettar, Tunisia, North Africa, during the Allied advance towards Gabes, North Africa. 3/21/43.

SC 171892 – Foxholes and slit trenches south of El Guettar, Tunisia, North Africa. Company D, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. 3/23/43.

SC 189935-S American assault troops of the 3d Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st U.S. Infantry Division, assemble on a narrow strip at Omaha Beach before moving into the interior of the continent, near Colleville-Sur-Mer, France. Additional infantrymen disembark from landing craft on the right. 6 Jun 1944. Photo : Taylor.

SC 189910-S American assault troops of the 3d Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st U.S. Infantry Division, who stormed Omaha Beach, and although wounded, gained the comparative safety offered by the chalk cliff at their backs. Food and cigarettes were available to lend comfort to the men at Colleville-Sur-Mer, Normandy, France.

SC 189924-S American assault troops of the 3d Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st U.S. Infantry Division, who failed in their attempt to storm across a narrow strip at Omaha Beach, Collville-Sur-Mer, lie a few hundred feet from the surf. Normandy, France. 8 Jun 1944. Photo : Taylor.

SC 189932-S A large group of American assault troops of the 3d Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st U.S. Infantry Division, having gained the comparative safety offered by the chalk cliff at their backs, takes a “breather” before moving onto the continent at Colleville-Sur-Mer, Omaha Beach, in Normandy, France. Medics who landed with the men treat them for minor injuries. 8 Jun 1944. Photo : Taylor.

SC 195463 – A GI machine gun crew (2d Battalion, 26th Infantry) in action against the Nazi Wehrmacht in the streets of Aachen, Germany. 10/15/44. Photo : Ellett.

SC 248231 – S/SGT George Talbert, 3d Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, crouches near a tree at the edge of a firebreak as the 18th Infantry Regiment drives through the forest near Sourbrodt, Belgium. 19 Dec 1944. Photo : T/5 Bill Augustine.

SC 196798 – American infantrymen of Company F, 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, advance through the Staats Forest of Germany on the Allied road to Berlin, near Hamich. 18 Nov 44. Photo : Sgt Bill Augustine.

SC 198180 – A patrol of Company F, 3d Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, searches the woods between Eupen and Butgenbach, Belgium, for German parachutists who were dropped in that area. 12/18/44. Photo : Runyan.

SC 198297 – Men of Company M, 3d Battalion 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Drivision, lay in wait for German paratroopers being driven out of the woods in Sourbrodt, Belgium, by other men of the regiment. 12/18/44.

SC 248240 – Private Paul Romanick wipes and cleans a 40-mm antiaircraft gun at snow-covered Sourbrodt, Belgium. He is with an antiaircraft battery of the 1st Infantry Division, U.S. First Army. The gun has six swastikas painted on it, one for each German plane it has brought down. Battery B, 103d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, attached to the 1st Infantry Division. 12/31/44. Photo : Sgt Bill Augustine.

SC 199248 – Snow and Ice make the going tough for U.S. Army vehicles on a road in Belgium. The snowstorm was responsible for the gasoline truck, at left, skidding off the road, and trucks going in the opposite direction are stalled as the result. 1st Infantry Division area, U.S. First Army. Sourbrodt, Belgium. 19 Jan 1945. Photo : Sgt Bill Augustine.

SC 226815 – Men of the 1st Infantry Division line up for food near the church door, in the foreground are two graves of German soldiers. Asseilborn, Luxembourg. 1/20/45. Photo : Z. Makarewicz.

SC 248304 – Members of Company I, 3d Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, U.S. First Army, ride on a tank, during their advance on the town of Schopen, Belgium. 1-21-45. Photo : Sgt Bill Augustine.

SC 199628 – A machine gunner of the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division guards a section of a road just taken over by his unit. 1/29/45.

SC 248363 – Pfc D. C. Cox of Amarillo, Texas, with Company M, 26th Infantry, 1st Division, FUSA, searching for German snipers among the ruins in a Belgian town near Muringen. 1/30/45. Photo : Sgt. Bill Augustine.

SC 199633 – Troops of the 1st Infantry Division march down a fog-shrouded road into Murringen, Belgium. Company L, 3d Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. 1/31/45. Photo : T/5 Murray Shub.

SC 248355 – Troops of the 3d Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, U.S. First Army, move past lined vehicles into the town of Murringen, Belgium. 31 Jan 1945. Photo : T/5 Murray Shub.

SC 248420 – Pvt. Michael Swinkin, an infantryman with the 1st Infantry Division, U.S. First Army, fully packed and equipped, waits to cross the Roer River, near Kreuzau, Germany. Company B, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. 2/25/45. Photo : T/5 Jack Kitzerow.

SC 248373 – A 1st Infantry Division half-track plows its way through a muddy road in the Hurtgen Forest. 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. 15 Feb 1945. Photo : T/5 Edward Norbuth.

SC 248410 – As 1st Infantry Division of U.S. First Army advances near Kreuzau, Germany, chemical mortars lay down barrage of white phosphorous shells in the distance. 90th Chemical Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. 2/24/45. Photo : T/3 Jack Kitzerow.

SC 248418 – Infantrymen of the 1st Infantry Division, U.S. First Army, move out of Kufferath, Germany, heading for a bridge across the Roer River. Company A, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. 2/25/45. Photo : T/3 Jack Kitzerow.

SC 248419 – Infantrymen of Company A, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, U.S. First Army, move out from Kufferath, Germany, towards a foot bridge across the Roer River. 2/25/45. Photo : T/3 Jack Kitzerow.

SC 248432 – Infantrymen of the 1st Infantry Division, First U.S. Army, move out of Schneidhausen, Germany, to cross the Rhine River. Company B, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, U.S. First Army. 25 Feb 1945. Photo : T/5 Murray Shub.

SC 201224-S Infantrymen of the 1st U.S. Army enter a German town after crossing the Roer River. Company K, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, near Lendersdorf, Germany. 2/25/45.

SC 201690 – Infantrymen preparing to move on Soller, Germany, rest amid brush and foxholes until the artillery barrage ceases. Company E, 2d Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. 2/27/45. Photo : T/5 Murray Shub.

SC 248456 – Infantrymen of Company F, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, U.S. First Army, move through the town of Stockheim, Germany, as artillery lays barrage on next objectives. 2/27/45. Photo : T/5 Ernest Braun.

SC 248439 – Infantrymen of the 1st Infantry Division, U.S. First Army, move up into Frauwullesheim, Germany, after crossing the Roer River. Company C, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. 2/28/45. Photo : T/3 Jack Kitzerow.

SC 248463 – Camouflaged with evergreen boughs, tanks of the 1st Infantry Division (745th Tank Battalion), U.S. First Army, rolls through former German block in Gladbach, Germany. Tank is moving into attack position. 3/1/45. Photo : T/5 Murray Shub.

SC 248483 – Infantrymen of the 1st Infantry Division, U.S. First Army, cross over the Erft River on a treaway bridge built two hours earlier. Bliesheim, Germany. Company L, 3d Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. 3/5/45. Photo : T/5 Murray Shub.

SC 248477 – Second wave of Company F (18th Infantry), moves out about 800 yards behind the first wave, deployed in wide skirmish line. Movement of waves of infantrymen followed by tanks, is watched from observation post in a factory in Weilerwist, Germany. Unit participating are: 2d Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division; Battery B, 7th Field Artillery, 1st Infantry Division; and Company A, 90th Chemical Mortar Battalion, and 745th Tank Battalion, both attached to the 1st Infantry Division. 3/5/45. Photo : T/5 Edward Norbuth.

SC 248480 – Radiomen with four “walkie talkies” follow Infantrymen across an open stretch leading to Metternich to keep fighting units in contact with the Command Post. 3/5/45. Photo : T/5 Edward Norbuth.

SC 248574 – A U.S. soldier of the 1st Infantry Division, U.S. First Army, advances and passes what was once a German’s house in Mittelscheid, Germany. 3-26-45. Photo : Pvt William Kluger.

SC 248581 – A patrolling infantryman of the 1st Division, U.S. First Army, ducks low as a sniper opens fire on him on the outskirts of Scharfenberg, Germany. 4/2/45. Photo : T/5 S. Slevin.

SC 248595 – Infantrymen of the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, move through the woods toward Furstenberg, Germany, while under sniper fire. They have crossed the Weser River after capturing the town of Werhdon. Company B, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, 4/8/45. Photo : Hollander.

SC 207392 – From newly-captured town, members of the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, cross the Weser River in assault boats to take Furstenberg. U.S. First Army. 8 April 1945. Photo : Hollander.

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