Video and photographs courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration and the Truman Presidential Museum and Library.
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Tanks and Infantrymen of the 82nd Airborne Division, Company "G"
740th Tank Battalion, 504th Regiment, push through the snow towards their
objective in Belgium. Image and description courtesy of the Truman Presidential
Museum and Library. View enlarged image. |
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Private Charles Preston, Nicholasville, Kentucky, brushes snow from
a 30-caliber machine gun mounted on his jeep. He is moving against the
German counter-thrust. It is the first day of winter, December 21, 1944.
Image and description courtesy of the Truman Presidential Museum and Library. View enlarged image. |
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Alerted GI's of the M51 anti-aircraft battery are silhouetted against
the sky streaked with vapor trails from Allied and enemy planes engaged
in a dogfight. The battery is waiting to fire on an incoming enemy strafer.
December 25, 1944. Image and description courtesy of the Truman Presidential
Museum and Library. View enlarged image. |
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Two infantrymen receive medical attention while lying in the snow in
the 84th Division sector of Belgium. They were hit during a mortar barrage
a few minutes earlier. January 14, 1945. Image and description courtesy
of the Truman Presidential Museum and Library. View enlarged image. |
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M-10 tank destroyers, serving as artillery, fire on enemy positions
at night. They are using two types of ammunition, one which has a very
bright powder flash, and another which has a dull red glow that gives
off very little light. January 26, 1945. Image and description courtesy
of the Truman Presidential Museum and Library. View enlarged image. |
