United States Army 5th Armored Division trainees practice in snow-covered field in Eupen, Belgium during World War II. Major General Lunsford E. Oliver and other officers watch the infantry training. General Oliver speaks to other officers. Simulated shell explosions in the snow-covered field. 5th Armored Division trainees advancing over snow covered fields. Some of the trainees are wearing white coats for winter camouflage. Two soldiers set up a mortar. Two soldiers run and jump into prone position in deep snow. One aims a rifle and other aims a Bazooka. Two soldiers squeeze through hedgerow in the snow. Trainees walking through the snow-covered field with rifles and machine guns, after watching explosion at far end of field.
United States troops rescue wounded German soldiers in Weisweiler, Germany during World War II. Soldiers bring a blanket and poles on an abandoned factory field. The soldiers assemble an improvised stretcher from the blanket and poles and carry wounded German soldier and place him in the stretcher. Soldiers carry the wounded German. Medics lower down a German prisoner on stretcher. Captured German prisoners stand in front of a wall. Soldiers evacuate wounded from destroyed house.
Two United States soldiers set up an observation post on top of low ridge near Volkenrath, Germany during World War II. A soldier sets up a tripod mounted artillery binoculars. Close up of binoculars. A soldier cuts and twists communication wire. Soldier uses binoculars to observe enemy positions while the other calls via telephone. The area is known also as Hill 187,
United States soldiers advance across a field near Volkenrath, Germany during World War II. Infantry soldiers move past M4 Sherman tanks in deployed positions. A house with dilapidated roof from shelling damage is seen on the left side of the field. Explosions are seen from a distance. Area is near Hill 187.
General George Patton’s Third Army mobilize to rescue trapped Ninth and Tenth Armored Division and 101st Airborne in Bastogne, Belgium during World War II. A house in flames at Sibret, near Bastogne. Sign reads “Sibret” in front of the burning house. Soldiers and vehicles move in the snowy field and roads. Explosion and fire on the hill. A damaged and abandoned M3 half-track on fire. Soldiers in dugouts in hillside wait for supplies. A fleet of transport planes fly over Bastogne. Allied transport planes drop 1500 tons of supplies for the besieged troops in Bastogne. Supply boxes are dropped with parachutes. Artillery crew firing a M101 105 mm Howitzer under a canopy. A soldier walks away from a German tank on fire. Heavy smoke rises from a burning tank. A United States soldier escorts captured German prisoners (POW) away. The aftermath of the Siege of Bastogne. Bombed damaged buildings and debris scattered on the streets of Bastogne. A damaged M3 half-track is left on the street. Soldiers inspect smashed Jeeps and military equipment. Bodies of dead casualties are covered with cloth.
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.
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