laststandonzombieisland

As you are safe and comfortable this year, take a minute remember those in the Foxholes, FOBs, COPs, TOCs, and other places today and in Christmases past.

For generations there have been servicemen out there standing on the line so we dont have to. Here we see just such a man, a squad leader as he looks for German movements in the valley 200 yards away. Snow, rain and mud make life miserable for these Japanese-American front line troops of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team in the winter of 1944.  US Army Photo SC340950.