BELGIUM AND GERMANY
WOUNDED SOLDIERS BEING EVACUATED in tracked vehicles during the winter months. Cargo carrier M 29 (top); half-track personnel carrier M 3 (bottom).
FRANCE
OPENING THE VALVE ON A GASOLINE PIPELINE. The critical fuel situation of September, which had stalled the armored divisions at the West Wall, was materially improved by December. At that time three main pipelines were constructed or under construction: one for the northern armies, one for the central armies, and another for the southern armies.
FRANCE
FIVE-GALLON CANS BEING FILLED WITH GASOLINE at a distribution point. On 15 December 1944 the armies had from a five-to nine-day supply of gasoline on hand while the Ninth Air Force had over 600,000 gallons of aviation gasoline and oil stored in the Namur area.