Offensive des Ardennes - Soldats américains : 1945. - 4 photos - Photo n° 13132
Photo n°
13132
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U.S. Soldiers reach own lines after encirclement. Three members of a U.S. battalion which fought its way under cover of darkness through Geman positions relax behind American lines in Belgium. Left to right : Private Charles E. Fister of Reading, Pennsylvania; Corporal Edgar L. Gamlen of Pompey, New York, and Private Richard H. Lhyle of Detroit, Michigan. The American troops were encircled after the Nazis launched their new counter-offensive December 16, 1944, between Monschau, Germany and Echternach, Luxembourg. Blackening their faces and destroying all their equipment, the soldiers infiltrated through enemy positions under cover of darkness. Soy : Ces hommes font parties de la Task-Force Hogan et ont rejoints les lignes américaines à Soy après s'être échappés du village de Marcouray où ils étaient encerclés. Photo prise le 26 décembre 1944 US Signal Corps Serviced byLondon OWI to List B [Fonds J. Devos - Gent] [Belgian Military Mission - Civil Affairs]
