[American paratrooper ready to board the plane for the jump across the Rhine, Arras, France]

Aerial view of bomb-damaged houses lining the banks of the River Rhine, which flows through the center of this devastated old city.

[American paratroopers, their hair cut Mohawk-style for luck and esprit de corps, are briefed for the next day's jump across the Rhine, Arras, France]

[Album of Travel Snapshots through Europe]