Today in 1944

The start of the Battle of the Bulge, a bloody surprise German counterattack that lasted a month in one of the worst winters in European history. Incidentally it's cold and snowy and icy here now.

Today in WWII

American infantrymen seek shelter from German shells in the town of Geich, Germany. December 11, 1944.

Medic With a Gun

509th Parachute Infantry Battalion medic with .45.

Posed or for real?

Dirty Sons of Bitches

9th Infantry Division.

Winter '45

I don't think a lot of GI's knew what it was like to have a clean face.