113th FA Bn CP at Richerich, Germany near Aachen. Feb. 45.

113th FA Bn Message Center was in the building on the left.  Bridge over the Inde River is in center.  Hq. Byr. kitchen is in the building on the right.  Inden, Germany.  Feb. 45.

113th FA Bn CP was in the basement of this house in Inden, Germany.  Feb. 45.

Sgt. Alred gives Capt. Heely a haircut. Cpl. Nencioni washes clothes in background. Inden, Germany.  Feb. 45.

Washing clothes at Inden, Germany.  Feb. 45.

Capt. Heely, Inden, Germany. Feb. 45.

The luxury of a hot bath.  Inden, Germany. Feb. 45.

Left to Right: Cpl. Morton Strassburg, Sgt. Burton Sugg, and S/Sgt. George Herandez, 113th FA, Bn. Fire Direction team.  Inden, Germany.  Feb. 45.

S/Sgt. Herandez and Cpl. Bickham wash clothes while Cpl. Strassburg does mending. Inden.

Capt. Heely with the weekly wash.  Inden.

Relaxation at Inden.  Softball game in crater-pocked yard.  Inden River in background. Inden.

Inde River viewed from top of house. Inden, Germany.  Feb. 45.

A Battery, 113th FA Bn position.  Inden, Germany. Feb. 45.

Cpl. Strassburg tailoring a jacket. Inden.

Pfc. Clyde Long, chauffer.  A man with an uncanny sense of direction.  Inden, Germany.

Morning after German air raid.  This crater was caused by a bomb with a delayed action fuse. Inden, Germany.  Feb. 45.

Bomb crater 100 yards from 113th FA Bn CP. The bomb burst about 30 seconds after impact next to a howitzer position of the 25th FA.  105 ammo was scattered for 100 yards, non detonated.  When this bomb exploded, the floor of the cellar in which the 113th FA Bn CP was located, rocked like a boat.  Inden, Feb. 45.

Catheral at Tongres, Belguim.  March 1945.

Durwiss near Roer River, Germany. Feb. 45.

Durwiss, Germany. Feb. 45.

Durwiss, Germany. Feb. 45.

Smoke-screening the Roer River in preparation for crossing.  Feb. 45.

Smoke-screening the Roer River in preparation for crossing.  Feb. 45.

Crossing the Roer River near Julich, Germany. Feb. 45.

The Roer River, Germany. Feb. 45.

Julich on the Roer River, Germany. Feb. 45.

Julich on the Roer River, Germany. Feb. 45.

The Citadel at Julich, Germany. Feb. 45.

The Citadel at Julich, Germany. Feb. 45.

The Citadel at Julich, Germany. Feb. 45.

Julich, Germany. Feb. 45.

Julich, Germany. Feb. 45.

Julich, Germany. Feb. 45.

Old Castle near Julich, Germany.  Feb. 45.

Old Castle near Julich, Germany.  Feb. 45.

Old Castle near Julich, Germany.  Feb. 45.

Germans captured in our first position across the Roer River south of Julich, Germany. Feb. 45.

First position across the Roer River, one mile south of Selgersdorf, Germany.  Feb. 45.

113th FA Bn moving up to Hambach Forest, Germany.  Feb. 45.

113th FA Bn advancing beyond the Roer River, Germany. Feb. 45.

German POWs captured in the Hambach Forest, Germany.  Feb. 45.

Engineers filling bomb crater at Bettenhoven, Germany.  Feb. 45.

German 150mm howitzer at Bettenhoven, Germany. Feb. 45.

Ruins of Bettenhoven, Germany.  Feb. 45.

113th FA Bn CP at Bettenhoven, Germany.  This town was just about bombed off the map.  It was here that A Battery had a premature burst about 10 yards from the piece.  Feb. 45.

One of God's unknown creatures at Bettenhoven, Germany.  Feb. 45.

Near Geilenkirken, Germany.  Feb. 45.

Knocked out German tank.  Feb. 45.