Belgian civilian refugee women and children walking with their belongings on road in Rahier, Stoumont, Walloon Region, Belgium. Refugee women on road carry children, bedding and luggage. View of refugees with children. A few American soldiers are seen walking near the refugees. World War II.
Refugees in enemy held chateau, Belgium. Belgian refugees evacuate area in horse carts. Refugees on road. Foggy and snow covered field. Soldier in foxhole on snow covered field. View of enemy held chateau. (World War II period).
German Paratroop Commander, Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) Baron Friedrich August von der Heydte is seen following his surrender to U.S. forces at Monschau, Germany, during World War 2. He has a bandaged right arm, injured when he led a contingent of paratroopers in a nighttime drop during German Operation Stösser. He is being carried on a stretcher and placed aboard a U.S. Army field ambulance. ( Note: Von der Heydte commanded German paratroopers in the ill-fated parachute landings of Operation Stösser, on the Hautes Fagnes, Belgium, during the Ardennes counter-offensive. After attempting, for a couple of days, to return to German lines,through thickly forested area, the exhausted Von der Heydte gave himself up to the Americans at Monschau, Germany.)
Execution of German spies at Henri-Chapelle, Belgium. The prisoners include: Unteroffizier Manfred Pernass, Oberfähnrich Günther Billing, and Gefreiter Wilhelm Schmidt. They participated in Otto Skorzeny's Waffen SS Commando force Operation Greif, in which English-speaking German Commandos operated behind Allied lines, masquerading in U.S. uniforms and equipment. They are brought to execution spot of the 482nd MP guard station by military police of 509th MP. Spies are tied to stakes and blindfolded. MP firing squad composed of twenty four men fire. Execution of the spies. Officer checks to insure they are dead. View of slumped bodies of spies still tied to the stakes. The firing squad marches away. (World War II period).
Burial of victims killed when Germans tossed hand grenades into basements in Stavelot, Belgium where civilians were taking shelter. Murdered civilians in wooden coffins carried and placed in common grave. Bodies of women and children in grave. Military medical personnel notes down the counting of victim. Frozen corpses of men, women, and children are carried from building to the common grave. Priest conducts services at the grave.
Psychiatric procedures for United States soldiers in combat areas during World War 2 suffering stress following trauma of battle. Battle scenes: Strong and courageous soldiers sent for fight. They attack enemy and fire rifles from hidden places. Smoke rises. They face danger in battle day after day. View of wounded, burned and dead soldiers in battle. Strongest soldiers of the army maneuver over field. Soldiers seated facing the stress of combat and become psychiatric casualties. Chart depicts fighting front and its three levels: division, army and base. Soldiers are sent to battalion aid station and back to clearing stations for treatment. Medical van brings the wounded soldiers and psychiatric casualties to battalion aid station. One officer checks the ID card of soldiers. ID card reads: '1st battalion, 168 infantry regiment, yes incurred in Italy'. Chart shows training and rehabilitation center (T& R center) near clearing station. Soldiers reach to training and rehabilitation center. A Sign of 'Training and Rehabilitation Center'. Combat fatigue cases are reconditioned by battle training. A psychiatrist interviews a soldier suffering from reactive depression and asks about troubles and feelings faced by him when he got wounded. After interview soldiers are send to clearing center. Soldier enters into tent at camp. They take rest, make social contacts with other soldiers, write letter, get shaved and eat food. Two days later, soldier is re-interviewed about improvement after relaxation in training center. He shows improvement and is encouraged. Recovered soldiers fill the artillery outside the tent near training center. (Modern equivalent - PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder treatment)
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