70th Inf Div Id Eto134

Top Left: Brigadier General Gerbert L. Earnest, assistant Commanding General of the 90th Division. Top Right: Two soldiers take time out, even though only a matter of yards from the enemy, to look at pin up girl in Yank magazine. These infantrymen are manning trenches on the outskirts to cover elements in town. Bottom Left: In a foxhole on the front line in France, Yank soldiers of the 7th Army relax for a moment, despite the mud and apparently uncomfortable conditions. Bottom Right: Entrenched on a field of battle in France, these American Infantrymen of the U.S. Seventh Army, acting as support for advance advance elements in the town, rest for a few moments. Note the man in the foreground reading a newspaper.

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