T/Sgt. Sebastian ‘Joe’ Dudek gets light from Pfc. Alfred Vitali. Both men are with G company D. Neely Collection Photo - PFC Gilbert (166 SPC) / 15 Jan. 1945

Two men of Company E, 104th Infantry Regiment, near Wiltz, Luxembourg, January 15th, 1945

U.S. soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 104th Infantry Regiment (26th Infantry Division) attempt to extinguish a burning jeep in the village of Nothum, Luxembourg on 10 January 1945. The burning jeep most probably sustained a direct hit from a German mortar shell. (NARA - Darren Neely Collection)

Infantrymen of the U.S. 26th Infantry Division advance using the Schlirbech ravine separating the village of Buderscheid from the 'Mon Schumann' crossroads near Nothum, Luxembourg. (NARA)

PFC John A. Melton (Pittsburgh, PA), Pvt. Mike Primavera (Canton, OH) and PFC Henry W. Hicks (Leachville, AR) members of Company G, 104th Infantry Regiment, fill their canteens in a cold stream during a lull in the fighting outside Wiltz, Luxembourg. The city was finally seized by elements of the 26th 'Yankee' Division and 6th Cavalry Group about a week after this photograph was taken. (US Army Signal Corps - 15 Jan. 1945)

Pvt. Lloyd Spencer, Portland, Oregon and Pvt. James Bryson, Lynn, Massachusetts, take a well-earned rest in the woods they fought in near Wiltz, Luxembourg. Both men are with Company B, 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division. Taken on or around January 6, 1945.

"S/Sgt. Joe Sullivan (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania), 104th Infantry, is marking an unexploded phosphorus bomb in the streets of Weisweiler, Germany." Original Signal Corps Number: ETO-HQ-44-27340. Photographer: Roberts

two soldiers from Co M, 104th Infantry Regiment in Saarlautern prepare to drop a "valentines gift" to Hitler- notice the shell- Feb 10th.