Bomb damaged buildings in Fraulautern, Germany during World War II. Shells explode in a field. Smoke rises due to explosion. The Damaged village in the foreground. Several views of bomb damaged buildings. Smoke in the sky. Aerial view of the damaged buildings and shells exploding in the far background. The wreckage in the village. The buildings burning. The damaged snow covered town of Fraulautern. A view of the damaged buildings in the town. A damaged building in the foreground. Smokes rises in the background.
U.S. Infantry troops in Fraulautern, Germany during World War II. An M-36 tank destroyer of the 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion rolls down a street. The damaged buildings on either side of the street. U.S. 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion troops move through snow covered street. A small group of soldiers in a village street walk past wrecked buildings. Three cows walk through street in the background. The damaged buildings. Smoke rises in the background. The ruins of the bombed buildings. Troops climb over the ruins. A group of soldiers from U.S. 95th Infantry Division carrying smoke pots. Shells hit a pillbox in town. Smoke rises . The troops run on the snow covered street.
U.S. 95th Infantry Division troops in Saarlautern Germany during World War 2. A sign reads 'you are now entering Germany through the courtesy of 95th Div'. Two U.S. troops stand beside the sign. The soldier on the right is Technician Fourth Grade (T/4) Julian Koentz, of Trenton, Illinois, a member of the 378th Infantry Regiment, 95th Division. A road sign identifies the town of 'Saarlautern'. The troops in vehicles enter the town. A sign posted on a a tree reads 'Danger Beware of Mines and Booby Traps'. The soldier on the left is Sgt Andrew Rauch of Chicago,Illinois, also of the 378th Infantry. (Note: Rauch was identified by Julian Koentz, while looking over still photos of this event with his son Robert L Koentz, who provided this information.)
U.S. Army artillery soldier secures fuse on nose of a 240mm howitzer shell, near Bitschhofen, Germany during World War II. Gun crew loads the shell and fires the howitzer. Change of scene shows an 8-inch gun M1, camouflaged in a cluster of trees. The gun fires with notable recoil.
U.S. infantry move into a village North East of Bitschhofen, Germany, during World War 2. A tall stone wall is at their right and houses in the background. Scene shifts to U.S. Army African American troops bivouacked. Several stand in a group conversing. Tents are seen in the background. One African American soldier passes straw to another who uses it to line a trench, large enough for two or more. He is also seen lying in the trench, and sliding along in it until he is out of sight. Last scene is a glimpse of another soldier preparing his foxhole.
U.S. soldiers are seen walking into a village already occupied by U.S. infantrymen, who are lined up carrying their individual mess gear as they move in an outdoor chow line. A little smoke can be seen from an outdoor mess stove (unseen). A sign identifies the town as: "Bitschhofen, Kreis Hagenau." The arriving U.S. troops continue, walking through, and out of the town, along a wet muddy road. Other soldiers, in the town, bring their food back from their mess kitchen. The troops passing through, slog in the mud.
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