American infantrymen advance along a snow-covered road during the Ardennes campaign. 1945.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-327687)

Workers pass through the gate at the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. in Mobile.

Source: The University of South Alabama Archives (Addsco 3-416)

Largest land battle on the Western Front during World War II and the largest engagement ever fought by the U.S. Army. In early December 1944, Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower planned major offensives in the northern and southern sectors of the Western Front. To ensure sufficient power for . . .

In Belgium, an exposed member of the 82nd Airborne Division scrambles for cover. December 24, 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-197861)

Men had to dig foxholes in the frozen ground at the Battle of the Bulge.

Chow is served to American infantrymen on their way to La Roche, Belgium. January 13, 1945.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-198849)

Infantrymen grab sleep where they can. Normandy, France, July 1944.

Source: National Archives (111-SC-191444)

An empty road in a forest near Bastogne, Belgium, December 27, 1944

Source: National Archives (111-SC-199296)

Herndon Inge was born March 4, 1920, and was in the same high school class as Edward Sledge, the older brother of Eugene Sledge. Inge attended the University of Alabama and then the Army's officer candidate school. He received his commission January 7, 1944 and became a 2nd Lieutenant in . . .

A motor section of the 301st inf. 94th Division aboard a jeep named "The Okies." May, 1945. From Mobile, Inge fought in the Battle of the Bulge and, along with Tom Galloway, was one of the prisoners temporarily freed in the Hammelburg Raid.

Source: Herndon Inge

2nd Lt. Herndon Inge at Camp McCain, MS. July, 1944. From Mobile, Inge fought in the Battle of the Bulge and, along with Tom Galloway, was one of the prisoners temporarily freed in the Hammelburg Raid.

Source: Herndon Inge

Portrait of Herndon Inge, a ROTC student at the University of Alabama. 1943. From Mobile, Inge fought in the Battle of the Bulge and, along with Tom Galloway, was one of the prisoners temporarily freed in the Hammelburg Raid.

Source: Herndon Inge

Portrait of Herndon Inge. France, 1944. From Mobile, Inge fought in the Battle of the Bulge and, along with Tom Galloway, was one of the prisoners temporarily freed in the Hammelburg Raid.

Source: Herndon Inge

A Western Union telegram from Herndon Inge to his family. From Mobile, Inge fought in the Battle of the Bulge and, along with Tom Galloway, was one of the prisoners temporarily freed in the Hammelburg Raid.

Source: Herndon Inge

Bill Mauldin worked for Stars and Stripes during the war. His cartoons were viewed by GIs serving in Europe.

Source: Copyright 1945 by Bill Mauldin. Displayed courtesy of the William Mauldin Estate.

Two enormous vessels docked at a Mobile pier. Men move cargo in the foreground.

Source: The University of South Alabama Archives (Addsco 49-A)

Two servicemen cross a street in downtown Mobile.

Source: The University of South Alabama Archives (MN-159B)

A pre-war view of a busy street in downtown Mobile.

Source: The University of South Alabama Archives (N3075)

Rear view of the interior of an empty Mobile city bus. "WHITE" sign hangs from the ceiling.

Source: The University of South Alabama Archives (CO-10020)

Bustling Mobile ship channel.

Source: The University of South Alabama Archives (C-9089)