Hotel in Wingen, France suspected sniper hideout, is hit by US tracer bullets as infantrymen of 70th Div retake town from German mountain troops. Photo: Signal Corps

Jam session in Behren, France, 10 Mar 1945. 274th Inf Reg. Photo: Signal Corps.

A view of dragon's teeth at Saarbrucken which fell to 70th Div troops. House in background are cunningly camouflaged pillboxes. 22 Mar 1945. Photo: AP

Capture of Saarbrucken. GIs of 70th Div seen with Nazi flag and portrait of Hitler. 22 Mar 1945. Photo: Corbis.

Panorama of Saarbrucken, 274th sector, 15 Mar 1945. Photo: Signal Corps.

Soldiers of 70th Div walk through liberated section of Forbach, 23 Feb 1945. Photo: Signal Corps

Two soldiers from 276th Inf. Reg. peer through door as enemy shell finds intersection in Forbach, France. 3 Mar 1945. Photo: Signal Corps.

I/274 troops in German trenches outskirts of Spicheren, 22 Feb 1945. Photo: Signal Corps

Comm trenches connecting German strong points. Trenches like these covered approach to Saarbrucken. 18 Mar 1945. Photo: Signal Corps.

Rhine Regatta: Leftover pancakes from contest thrown to GIs of 70th Div. Photo: Life magazine

Rhine Regatta: Waitress tries to take beer to a table at enlisted men's club. Photo: Life magazine

Mass escape! Part of the 1200 tattered and sick men of all nations who fought the Germans march into a qyarry to await transportation home. These men overcam their Nazi guards at a German POW hospital in Stiring-Wendel, 5 Mar 1945, 274th Inf Regt - Etzling area. Photo: Signal Corps

70th troops cross main bridge into Saarbrucken. Photo: Boyer, Office of War information

US Army vehicle with trailer rolls across Bailey bridge over Saar River at Saarbrucken. 21 Mar 1945. Photo: Signal Corp.

Five judges for the pancake contest for the 70th's Rhine Regatta. July 4, 1945. Photo: Life magazine

Pfc Larry Truppo and Pfc Samuel Davis look at sign on outskirts of Saarbrucken, 22 Mar 1945. Photo: AP

70th troops with captured flag. Saarbrucken, Mar 1945. Photo: Corbis

Ruins of Saarbrucken. Mar 1945. Photo: Corbis

John Spatola of the 99th Chemical Mortar Battalion loads a 4.2in mortar in support of the battle for Forbach. Early March 1945. Photo: Corbis

Unknown Trailblazer checks out pillbox before demolition. Near Forbach France, Feb/Mar 1945. Still from National Archives film.

GIs fire at suspected enemy position. Wingen-sur-Moder, Jan 1945 France. Still from National Archives film.