"A very present help in time of
trouble"--such was the duty of the Chaplain ministering directly to the men on the
battlefield. Here a Sunday service is conducted beside a 4.2 mortar position in a Vosges
clearing.
REHAUPAL
OUTPOST KEEPS A CLOSE WATCH ON GERMAN-HELD HOUSES
An outpost of the 142nd near Rehaupal watched for
18 days through an open barn window and the door slightly ajar while Germans held the
houses across the way, as seen in the pictures. German who approached the small barn one
night was shot dead just outside the door. Party could not go out except after dark.
POWDER DRY
Two soldiers from Battery C, 131st Field Artillery,
prepare to fire a mission near Tendon. Meanwhile members of the 443rd Anti-Aircraft
Artillery Battalion (below) search the skies for German planes seeking to knock out the
Moselle River bridges.
