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The next shot is the one of Bridge 1 going down the Purple Heart Lane to Carentan. For the advance of the 3rd Battailon 502 PIR it had to be taken ...
The intersection originally got it's name from the fact that on 7 June, 1944, a American light tank (M-5) of Company 'D', 70th Tank Battalion, was kno...
Dead Mans Corner After Hells corner we went to St. Come du Mont or better to the Dead Mans corner museum. As pics of the inside has been sho...
At 2 p.m German paratroopes of the 1st Battailon, 6th German Para Rgt. were observed approaching from northeast. In anticipation of the German attack,...
Johnson’s force secured the north side of the lock, as the lock controls the canal, without opposition. 4 rifle platoons crossed the lock and...
Hells Corner - La Barquette Lock Beside the Brecourt skirmish which has taken on a life of its own since the TV BoB series was shown and dis...
If you continue another 300 meters along the same road which takes you to the Gulch, it will go under the former railroad underpass. The tracks have b...
The next pic is the panorama of the line where the Germans attacked with the Stug's and the Grenadiers -- attachment is not available --
The next pic shows the ridge which was to our right. The top of this ridge was Easy Co. 506th's front line. The Germans were attacking from west to ea...
This diorama of a foxhole for a .30 cal 1919 A4 Browning machine gun crew in snowbound terrain, has been reconstructed exactly to match the original U...
Diekirch Museum After Tintange we followed the tracks of FJR 15 to Harlange, Tarchamps and Docols back to Diekirch. In Diekirch we visited, ...
Our way went to Tintange which is also just a tiny villiage but saw severe fighting during the battle of the Bulge. December 24, 1944, I./FJR 15 fough...
Warnach After Foy we followed the tracks of I./FJR 15 again and went to the tiny village of Warnach. Here the paratroopers were engaed in he...
Here the woods which saw severe shelling from the Germans who held the small town of Foy. The place is still full of the former foxholes used by Easy ...
Just outside the Boise Jacques we came along a memorial for the 506 PIR and the tropper who have been KIA. -- attachment is not available ---- ...