A 155mm howitzer crew shelters beneath snow camouflage netting near Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944–January 1945. Log-reinforced gun pits and improvised camouflage helped protect American artillery batteries from German air and ground observation during the brutal Ardennes winter, as U.S. forces fought to relieve the encircled town and blunt Hitler's last major offensive in the West. Project: 218668