
Company B, 399th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division soldiers share a pack of Wings cigarettes with a tanker from A Company, 781st Tank Battalion. Spring 1945.

Company B, 399th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division soldiers share a pack of Wings cigarettes with a tanker from A Company, 781st Tank Battalion. Spring 1945.

Company B, 399th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division soldiers share a pack of Wings cigarettes with a tanker from A Company, 781st Tank Battalion. Spring 1945.

Company B, 399th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division soldiers share a pack of Wings cigarettes with a tanker from A Company, 781st Tank Battalion. Spring 1945.

Company B, 399th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division soldiers share a pack of Wings cigarettes with a tanker from A Company, 781st Tank Battalion. Spring 1945.

Company B, 399th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division soldiers share a pack of Wings cigarettes with a tanker from A Company, 781st Tank Battalion. Spring 1945.

Company B, 399th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division soldiers share a pack of Wings cigarettes with a tanker from A Company, 781st Tank Battalion. Spring 1945.

Riding on the back of a Sherman Tank at the Museum of American Armor. Photos courtesy of Lauri Bear.

Riding on the back of a Sherman Tank at the Museum of American Armor. Photos courtesy of Lauri Bear.

Riding on the back of a Sherman Tank at the Museum of American Armor. Photos courtesy of Lauri Bear.

Riding on the back of a Sherman Tank at the Museum of American Armor. Photos courtesy of Lauri Bear.

Riding on the back of a Sherman Tank at the Museum of American Armor. Photos courtesy of Lauri Bear.

Riding on the back of a Sherman Tank at the Museum of American Armor. Photos courtesy of Lauri Bear.

Riding on the back of a Sherman Tank at the Museum of American Armor. Photos courtesy of Lauri Bear.

Riding on the back of a Sherman Tank at the Museum of American Armor. Photos courtesy of Lauri Bear.

Private First Class Joshua M. Kerner
Rifleman
2nd Platoon, ’B’ Company, 399th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division
November 16th-17th 1944, “Battle for Hill 538”

Private First Class Thomas H. Kelly
Rifleman
2nd Platoon, ’B’ Company, 399th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division
November 16th-17th 1944, “Battle for Hill 538”

Private First Class Charles W. McFarlane
Rifleman
2nd Platoon, ’B’ Company, 399th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division
November 16th-17th 1944, “Battle for Hill 538”

Charles W McFarlane of the 100th Infantry Division (Reenacted) talking to soldiers of the 100th Training Division-Operations Support about the US Army 'K' Ration.