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Bastogne - Photos from the NARA

Discussion in 'Western Europe 1943 - 1945' started by kerrd5, Dec 13, 2011.

  1. kerrd5

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    With the anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge
    approaching, it is appropriate to post some U.S. Army Signal Corps' photos
    I found and scanned at the NARA II, College Park. All of these are from
    Bastogne and its vicinity and are in approximate chronological order.

    All of the photos have been resized for Flickr.

    SC 253860 - 101st Airborne moving through Bastogne, 19 December 1944.

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    SC 200476 - 101st Airborne, Bastogne, 25 December 1944.

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    SC 200479 - Casualties of German bombing, Bastogne, 25 December 1944.

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    SC 253855 - 101st Airborne, Bastogne, 26 December 1944.

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    SC 253857 - 101st Airborne, Bastogne, 25 December 1944.

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    All of the photos can be found here:

    Bastogne - a set on Flickr

    III-SC 253860, 200476, 200479, 253855, and 253857, credit NARA.


    Dave
     
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    SC 198401 - American casualties, Chaumont, Belgium, 27 December 1944.

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    SC 198402 - 4th Armored Division moves north to Bastogne. Chaumont, Belgium, 27 December 1944.

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    The scene today:

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    SC 198404 - A dead GI lies in the snow, Chaumont, Belgium, 27 December 1944.

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    SC 198405 - 4th Armored Division, Chaumont, Belgium, 27 December 1944.

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    III-SC 198401, 198402, 198404 and 198405, credit NARA.


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    SC 198403 - C47s enroute to Bastogne with desperately needed supplies.

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    SC 198450 - German PWs being taken to the rear, outside Bastogne, 27 December 1944.

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    SC 198451 - 4th Armored Division moving towards Bastogne, 27 December 1944.

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    SC 198452 - Infantrymen of the 10th Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th AD, heading to Bastogne, 27 December 1944.

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    SC 198406 - 9th Armored Division enroute to Bastogne, 27 December 1944.

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    SC 198472 - German PWs being led through the streets of Bastogne, 27 December 1944.


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    III-SC 198403, 198450, 198451, 19452, 198406, and 19847 credit NARA.


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    SC 198471 - An elderly couple on the road to Bastogne, 27 December 1944.

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    SC 253856 - 101st Airborne leaving Bastogne, 31 December 1944.

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    SC 198466 - German PWs, Bastogne, 31 December 1944.

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    SC 198465 - 44th Armored Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Division, Bastogne, 31 December 1944.

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    SC 198523 - 35th Tank Bn, 4th Armored Division, near Sainlex, Belgium,
    31 December 1944.

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    III-SC 198471, 253856, 198466, 198465, and 198523, credit NARA.


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    SC 198649 - The 9th Armored Division prepares to evacuate k/o Shermans
    near Bastogne, 4 January 1945.


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    SC 364310 - 4th Armored Division near Bastogne, 3 January 1945.

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    SC 455219 - 4th Armored Division, Bastogne, 8 January 1945.

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    SC 207501 - Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne, who were bound, tortured
    and executed by the Germans. Near Bastogne, 13 January 1945.

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    SC 198648 - MG Maxwell Taylor, CG, 101st Airborne, Bastogne, 5 January 1945.

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    III-SC 198649, 207501, 364310, 455219, and 198648 credit NARA.


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    Great pics, Dave. It's pretty tough to look at the photos of casualties, though. :(
     
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    They are gutwrenching, aren't they? Those poor boys, because that's what they were, just boys really.

    These are phenomenal photos.
     
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    Excellent photos! Thanks for all the time and effort.
     
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    Thank you, gentlemen.

    It took me two days, by the way, to identify, process, upload and organize the photos
    before I could post them here.


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    That's what i call "un p...n de bon boulot!"(a very nice work,or something approaching,hehehe..)Thank you very much for the time you offered to us!
     
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    Merci.

    To complement the photos, I found this monograph by Colonel
    Ralph Mitchell on the 101st Airborne Division's Defense of Bastogne.
    It was published by the Combat Studies Institute, CGSC, in 1986.
    It is 56 pages and 7.5 megabytes. Highly recommended reading.

    http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/download/csipubs/mitchell.pdf

    In addition, in the WW II Operational documents, there is
    a two part study Armor at Bastogne:

    Armor at Bastogne. :: World War II Operational Documents

    WW II Operational Documents:

    http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p4013coll8


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    I had a very good friend who was in Bastogne as part of the 506th PIR.
    Sadly he passed away several years ago, but I still remember and honor him.
    I had the honor of meeting him in Bastogne in 1989, a day I'll never forget.

    Another friend of mine almost lost his life at Chaumont.
    He was CO of the 8th Tank Battalion/4th Armored Division btw.

    Erwin
     
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