United States Army 87th Infantry Division Brigadier General Frank L. Culin Jr. awards field commissions to four enlisted men in Libramont, Belgium during World War II. The four U.S. Army soldiers stand outdoors in the snow. General Culin pins a bar on a soldier’s collar. General Culin and the soldier shake hands and salute each other. A bar on the soldier’s collar. An aide removes the stripe from a soldier’s sleeve using a knife during the promotion ceremony.
United States Army 101st Airborne soldiers in snow-covered forest near Foy, Bastogne, Belgium during World War II. Soldiers setting up machine gun emplacements in open snow-covered field near a forest. A soldier passes a shell to another soldier in foxhole. The soldier in foxhole carefully place the shell. Another soldier emerges from the foxhole. Soldiers testing a machine gun. 101st Airborne troops ride a Jeep along snow-covered road.
United States Army 101st Airborne troops standing under snow-covered trees in forest near Foy, Bastogne, Belgium during World War II. A soldier with a field telephone in foxhole under the trees. Other soldiers surround him. Snow falling in the forest. Troops setting up telephone in the forest. Brig. Gerald J. Higgins, Deputy Division Commander of 101st Airborne talks to officers in the forest. One of the officers hold a map. Brigadier Higgins and officers study map together. Soldier puts down the phone and stands up in front of the officers.
United States Army 101st Airborne soldiers marching in double file along snow-covered road in Bastogne, Belgium during World War II. Soldiers march on road between barbed wire fence and snow-covered trees. Soldiers’ boots are covered in snow as they move. Group of officers around field telephone in woods. Brigadier Gerald J Higgins, Deputy Division Commander of 101st Airborne talks to officers in the forest. Brigadier Higgins and officers study map together as snow falls on them.
German forces smash into the U.S. First Army positions along a 45-mile front and advance deep into Luxemburg and Belgium, in Battle of the Bulge during World War II. Animated maps show Germany, France, and Belgium. German Panzer V "Panther" tank with several German soldiers riding on it approaches on road behind a large tree. German tanks, tank destroyers, troops, and artillery in transport on roads and then seen in action against American Army positions. Vehicles of a United States convoy wrecked and burning along road, as German troops advance past the burning vehicles. Fire and smoke rise from U.S. tanks, Jeeps, and trucks. U.S. soldiers captured as prisoner of war are marched on a town road. Frozen dead bodies of U.S. soldiers, victims of the Malmedy massacre, some with hands and feet tied, being placed army truck. Dead bodies of Belgian civilians being placed in large common grave. View of German officer ordering a firing squad to shoot. German troops smoke American cigarettes taken from dead U.S. troops. American troops in retreat and burning and destroying war materiel that could not be brought with them. American defenders firing artillery, including antiaircraft guns fired level, as antitank weapons. Skies streaked with contrails and dogfights between American and German airplanes. American aircraft bombing German positions after weather clears. American troops patrol in snow covered wooded areas. General Eisenhower talks with soldiers. German soldiers advancing. Newspaper headline reads: "Russians Smash Last Nazi Line." Another newspaper headline reads: "40 Jap Ships Sunk." Another reads: "3rd Army Deep in Germany." Narrator cautions against complacency, reminding of 78 thousand American soldiers lost during the Christmas holiday, in 1944. Views of dead U.S. Army soldiers following battles with Germans. Narrator offers closing public service war propaganda message: "If you have a War Job, Stick to it" and " If you Haven't, Get one!"
World War II German Blitzkrieg (lightning war) in Belgium. German paratroops jump from aircraft and descend on parachutes into Belgium. German bombers in flight. Civilians and children seeking safety on street. Explosion near a building in the city.
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