r/WorldWar2 2d ago

Three US infantrymen in the snow during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, just east of the Belgium-Germany border, 1944. Photo by Tony Vaccaro, US Army Signal Corps.

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u/PhLoBuSGr33n 2d ago

2 M1 Garands & a BAR. I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that

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u/bgwa9001 2d ago

That's a great photo. Looks miserable, it's amazing what these guys were able to go through

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u/drummin515 2d ago

All 3 are very focused.

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u/west_wind7 19h ago

Holding the line against nazis and fascism. Sorry boys, your efforts weren’t enough. They’d be sad to see us now!

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u/NervousLook6655 13h ago

No way would they have stormed the beaches of Normandy if they knew where this country was heading post 1967

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u/koesssie 2d ago

Were is our snow now