U.S. soldier inspects gun in Maginot fortress. An American infantryman inspects a French 75 mm.
U.S. soldier inspects gun in Maginot fortress. An American infantryman inspects a French 75 mm. piece inside the captured Maginot Line fortress at Simserhof, located north-west of Bitche, France. The giant, Nazi-occupied stronghold was taken December 19, 1944, by the Seventh U.S. Army after being subjected to a five-day pounding by American planes and artillery.



