United States Army Brigadier General Frank L. Culin Jr. of the 87th Infantry Division awards field commissions to four enlisted U.S. Army soldiers in Libramont, Belgium during World War II. General Culin pins a bar on a soldier’s collar. They shake hands after. Soldiers smiling as General Culin awards them. The general’s aide cuts the stripe from an enlisted man’s sleeve during the promotion ceremony.
U.S. Army in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in World War 2. The capture of Saint Vith. 76mm M4A3 and M4A1 Sherman tanks stream into the town. A 7AD M10 tank destroyer fires on targets in Saint Vith. Soldiers and tanks advance through snow. Abandoned German StuG III Assault Gun. Infantry fights in the snow covered town.
United States tank crews enter the city of Saint-Hubert in Wallonia, Belgium during World War II. African American crewmen in snow-covered, whitewashed tanks, Jeeps, and other armored vehicles pass by city sign "St. Hubert". M5A1 Stuart tank seen. Some of the crewmen walk in deep snow on foot.
United States troops attend a religious service in the bivouac area in Les Avenanterres, Belgium during World War II. Kneeling soldiers stand up in the snow-covered forest. The hood of a jeep is used as an altar. The soldiers disperse after the service ended. Soldiers of the Hq Co, 3rd Battalion, 508th Infantry Parachute Regiment, 83rd Division AB Infantry leave the bivouac area and march on snowy road. A man walks toward a solitary house. Soldiers take refuge from the snow inside a partially destroyed stone house. Icicles hanging from the house’s roof. A soldier reads a paper. Soldier cleans M1919 Browning machine gun. Troops shaving their faces. A soldier cooks by heating an open can over fire.
Returned Frenchmen as they walk through the streets of Paris. Two men push another man in a wheel barrow. Man hangs allied national flags including those of United Stated, Britain, USSR, France, and Belgium, on a building to mark VE Day. Large procession of Parisians as they walk down Champs Elysees Avenue carrying Allied National Flags t celebrate VE Day. People on foot, on cycles and in cars. Throngs of people around Tomb of The Unknown Soldier at Arc de Triomphe. Young men and women celebrate and rejoice on the surrender of Germany. A view of the crowd as they wave to the camera. Procession of Allied National Flags. Girls carrying Free French banner. A glimpse of the crowd at Place de la Concorde. (World War II period).
U.S. 1st Infantry Division during the Battle of Bulge in the Western Front of World War 2. A map points Belgium, Germany and France. United States Army soldiers move forward in snow on the front. They pass through the Ardennes. Scenes of U.S. and German soldiers. Snow and ice covered forest. American soldiers on tanks and half-track vehicles. U.S. troops cross the Rhine River over a captured bridge at Remagen. The 1st. Division continues to move through Germany all the way to Czechoslovakia. German soldiers load up into trucks at war's end. Soldiers smoke, talk and rest. A soldier talks on phone. Quick scene from Nuremberg trials.