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WWII - 1944, M. Co. Leaving For Front, Aldenhoven, Germany, 21Dec44; Retreat of US 2nd Div. Wirtzfeld to Elsenborn, Belgium. 17Dec44

Reel Number: 250024-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1944

Country: Belgium,Germany

Location: Aldenhoven,elsenborn,wirtzfeld

TC Begins: 22:00:00

TC Ends: 22:05:08

Duration: 00:05:08

WWII - M. Co. Leaving For Front, Aldenhoven, Germany LIB ?504 21Dec44 M. Co., 2nd Bn, 175th Inf Regt load bedrolls & board jeep for front, thru destroyed town & muddy roads. MCU loading equipment & mortars etc. into trailer, then climb into jeep painted w/ sign Mud & Guts. More loading of machine guns, mortars. Cold weather - heavy coats; GIs smoke while loading boxes of ammunition / ammo. GOOD MCUs. 22:02:04 Retreat of US 2nd Division, Wirtzfeld to Elsenborn, Belgium LIB 1487 17Dec1944 Ambulances along muddy roads w/ snow on ground. 2 1/2 ton trucks w/ soldiers up hill past camera, pulling guns. Still photographer at fork in road. Tanks covering from behind building. Men smoking in back of trucks. Loading truck. Wet muddy roads. M-10 motor carriages twd front near Wirtzfeld. Tanks past camera down past small village. Soldiers marching down road away from camera; 3 medics toward camera; jeeps past. Men of 1st Inf Div resting, sitting & smiling by roadside; soldier w/ radio backpack. WW2; Western Front; Battle of the Bulge; Battles; Fighting; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate.

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