In the wood behind this monument, on 18 December 1944 “E” Company of the 506th P.I.R. 101st Airborne division U.S. Army dug their foxholes in the Bois Jacques Woods as part of the defence perimeter of Bastogne City that was soon to be surrounded by several enemy divisions. The circumstances were dreadful with constant mortar, …
Foy, Belgium in 1945 – Then & Now with Easy Company Read More »
The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945), also known as Unternehmen: Wacht am Rhein, was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. The surprise attack caught the Allied …
Incredible story of a metal detector who found the dog-tags of a fallen World War II soldier, Frank H. Norton, and returned it to the family. Peter van Pelt from Grobbendonk, Belgium is fascinated by World War 2. Once in a year he goes metal detecting in the Ardennes but in October 2013, the war become …
Dog Tags of KIA US Soldier, Frank H. Norton, returned to Family Read More »
Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive with 70th Anniversary Commemorative Wreath Laying in New York’s Battery Park The sound of “Taps” echoed across New York Harbor today as a group of World War II veterans and their families attended a wreath laying ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of …
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