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Mortar squad of the Company E, 2d Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment (4th Infantry Division) pause to eat C Rations near Bettendorf, Luxembourg. L-R: Private First Class Ray Cottingham (Kokomo, Indiana); Private John W. West (Atlanta Georgia); and Private James J. Kudrne, Jr. (Brookfield, Illinois).

4th Infantry Division soldiers enjoy C Rations in the field

Mortar squad of the Company E, 2d Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment (4th Infantry Division) pause to eat C Rations near Bettendorf, Luxembourg.
L-R: Private First Class Ray Cottingham (Kokomo, Indiana); Private John W. West (Atlanta Georgia); and Private James J. Kudrne, Jr. (Brookfield, Illinois).

Date: 25 January 1945

Source: US Army Signal Corps

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