22nd Infantry World War 2 Page 2

The 22nd Infantry in World War II

German firing positions along the hedgerows in Normandy

German trenches dug along the hedgerows

22nd soldier gets time to write a letter home

1st Platoon, I Company, 22nd Infantry
passing through Le-Repas, France, July 30, 1944

August 1, 1944
22nd soldiers take a break, wearing straw hats found in a French store.
Note fixed bayonets on rifles, ready for close quarter combat.

Another German prisoner taken by the 22nd

St. Poix, August 1944

22nd troopers receive familiarization with German anti-tank weapon.
Weapon is Panzerfaust, disposable after firing.

22nd Infantry soldiers ride on top of a Sherman tank
of the 2nd Armored Division during the St. Lo breakout.

Soldiers of the 22nd Infantry ride on tanks
from the 66th Armored Regiment during the St. Lo breakout
July 1944.

A jeep of 2nd Battalion 22nd Infantry
on the streets of Paris, August 1944

A vehicle of 22nd Infantry in Paris.