United States infantry advance in Commanster, Belgium during World War 2. Soldiers of the United States Army 75th Infantry Division, 289th Regiment, 2nd and 3rd Battalions, advance through the snow covered forest area.
U.S. 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge of World War II. Soldiers file through a forest. A soldier using a field telephone. The U.S. tank after it strikes a land mine and explodes. A soldier watches through binoculars. A U.S. soldier in a fox hole. The tank fires. The injured crew members of the tank carried on stretchers. U.S. soldiers walk on a snow-covered road.
Activities of U.S. 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge of World War II. An M5 High Speed Tractor (HST) tows a field gun along a snow covered road. The vehicle skids on the road, and troops throw sand on the road to increase traction. American troops walk on the icy road, including a Browning 1919A4 machine gun crew.
January, 1945, on the Western front during World War 2. Troops of the U.S. 8th Infantry Division test new white camouflage coveralls for use in snow. They patrol in snow covered forest areas on the Western Front. A sergeant makes outdoor field adjustments to the coveralls using a knife and captured German sewing machine. He helps a soldier who tries on his new coverall. The material used is from old mattress covers. Several soldiers are seen putting on the camouflage coveralls. Scene shifts to U.S. troops with a jeep towing a 20mm Italian dual purpose gun for use in Germany. On January 2, 1945, they set up and fire the gun at targets a half mile away. In Belgium, U.S. Army engineers of Company B, 238th Engineer Battalion, improvise remote controlled bazooka shells as road blocks. They set them up on fence posts and fire them by ordinary flashlight batteries. U.S. soldiers from a Signal Company of the 99th Infantry Division are seen using a Weasel vehicle (officially designated an M29C light cargo carrier) to lay communication cables through snow in the 1st Army Sector, Belgium. Views of the wire spool on back of the weasel, and soldiers pulling wire from it.
United States Army infantry soldiers attack St Vith,Belgium during World War II. View of the damaged buildings in town. Soldiers of the United States 7th Armored Division ,48th Infantry Regiment,3rd Battalion,search for German prisoners. Prisoner wears U.S. soldier's clothing and shoes. Captured German officer under guard. Soldier in a prone position fires Browning M1919A4 30 caliber air cooled machine gun. Soldier advances with bayonet rifle. Tank destroyers fire in support of advancing infantrymen.
Picturesque views of the 1919 U.S. Army motor transport convoy making its way through the beautiful forests of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Tall evergreen trees and dramatic mountain views frame many pictures of the convoy. The convoy stopped at Kybury, California, for dinner.
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