Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division pause beside a Willys MB jeep on a country lane in liberated Europe, circa 1944. Their M1 helmets and field jackets, along with the standard-issue quarter-ton jeep, typify the equipment carried by American airborne troops during the campaigns following the Normandy and Holland operations. The distant church steeple marks a nearby French or Belgian village, the kind of countryside the 101st fought through and helped liberate that autumn. Project: 218672