Execution of German spies at Henri-Chapelle, Belgium. The prisoners include: Unteroffizier Manfred Pernass, Oberfähnrich Günther Billing, and Gefreiter Wilhelm Schmidt. They participated in Otto Skorzeny's Waffen SS Commando force Operation Greif, in which English-speaking German Commandos operated behind Allied lines, masquerading in U.S. uniforms and equipment. They are brought to execution spot of the 482nd MP guard station by military police of 509th MP. Spies are tied to stakes and blindfolded. MP firing squad composed of twenty four men fire. Execution of the spies. Officer checks to insure they are dead. View of slumped bodies of spies still tied to the stakes. The firing squad marches away. (World War II period).
Bombing of Bastogne in Belgium. Wreckage in the city. U.S. soldiers of the 101st Airborne, 10th Armored Division dig in wreckage of bombed buildings. Damaged half truck on roadside. Soldiers near the damaged trucks (World War II period).
Bombing of Bastogne in Belgium. Damaged half trucks,jeeps and other U.S. vehicles. 101st Airborne, 10th Armored Division soldiers inspect the damaged vehicles. Wreckage in the city. Bombed buildings. Damaged U.S. Army vehicles in ruins. Blanket covered bodies of U.S. soldiers in bombed ruins of city. Rubble on ground. (World War II period).
United States 1st Infantry Division patrol for German parachutists in Belgium (near Eupen) during World War II. A captured German parachutist, standing upon hood of a jeep, shows a new type of shoe worn by German Army. Squadron from United States 1st Infantry Division,18th Regiment, 3rd Battalion, K Company, form patrol and search woods where German paratroopers landed.
United States 1st Division troops flush out the German paratroopers in South of Eupen, Belgium during World War II. A soldier watches through binoculars. Squadron from United States 1st Division, 18th Infantry, 1st Battalion, M Company, search woods for German paratroopers. A soldier in woods loads rifle BAR. The soldiers move in a wooded area.
United States 1st Division troops flush out the German paratroopers in South of Eupen, Belgium during World War II. A soldier of squadron from United States 1st Division, 18th Infantry, 1st Battalion, M Co. examines an abandoned parachute packing case and white cap in woods.