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Bastogne, Belgium, December 26, 1944. Soldiers from the all-black 969th Field Artillery Battalion and some 101st Airborne troopers unload 155-mm howitzer shells from CG-4A glider that has just landed inside the surrounded American stronghold at Bastogne. U.S. Army

Remagen, Germany, March 22, 1945. This extremely rare photo, taken two days prior to Operation Varsity, shows a CG-4A glider being loaded with American and German wounded. Less than half an hour after this photo was taken, the glider was snatched into flight by a C-47 and flown to a hospital in France. U.S. Army

March 24, 1945. British glider troops march past the twisted wreckage of a Horsa that struck by German artillery fire on. LZ P. Imperial War Museum

March 24, 1945. The wreckage of two CG-4° gliders struck by point-blank Germany artillery fire on LZ N. Both gliders were full of troops when they were hit. There were no survivors. U.S. Army

Wesel, Germany, March 24, 1945. American troops unload a newly developed Mark II model of England's standard Horsa glider that has landed in their sector of the airhead. The hinged nose of the Mark II reduced unloading times of earlier Mark I models which had a single portside door. Horsa gliders were constructed almost entirely of wood. Aviation experts still call then the most wooden aircraft ever built. Mark I and II models were equipped with explosives that were sometimes used to blow off the tail section for quick unloading in combat. Joe Quade

October 1944, Nadzab Airfield, New Guinea. Lieutenants James Harlan and Donald Burke at the control of their CG-4A, which is being towed into position for the flight to Hidden Valley. The aerial tow-vehicle is a Clark Clarktor, a rear-wheel drive industrial tractor used to move gliders and powered airplanes. Earl F. Simson