A soldier of the 101st Airborne Division swaps his M1 helmet for a civilian top hat in a moment of light-hearted humor outside a European farmhouse, likely during the winter campaign of 1944-1945. Photographs like this one, taken during rest periods between combat, reveal the resilience and humor American paratroopers maintained even amid the grinding hardship of fighting through the Ardennes and the harsh European winter. Project: 218672