A sergeant in the US Fifth Army enjoys some turkey in his machine gun position. The National WWII Museum Digital Collections.
A sergeant in the US Fifth Army eats Christmas turkey while manning his machine gun position. This sort of promotional image shows another aspect of how much Christmas nostalgia is linked into the world war. Photo: The National WWII Museum Digital Collections
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