Thanksgiving Meal in the Field

Thanksgiving chow went as far forward as there were troops. Sergeant Frank Shiborski, 107th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, from 5007 Central Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, a 50 Cal. Machine Gunner, takes time out from looking for Germans to do a little special duty on a drum stick somewhere near San Marcello Pistoiese, Italy.

Date: 22 November 1944

79th Infantry Division troops enjoy cold beers

GIs of the 79th Infantry Division are served beer by a French waitress on the terrace of a hotel in Mantes-la-Jolie.

Date: 20 August 1944

Men of the 79th Infantry Division during a gap in combat

Soldiers of the 79th Infantry Division, on their way to a rest camp after being relived from combat near Laneuveville, France.

Left to right: Private First Class Arthur Henry Muth, Sergeant Carmine Robert Sileo and Sergeant Kelly C. Lasalle.

Date: 25 October 1944

General Dwight D. Eisenhower briefs troops of the 502d PIR

Paratroopers of Company E, 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (to be dropped on the Drop Zone "A") have assembled on Greenham Common Airfield, Berkshire, United Kingdom.

Date: 5 June 1944

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