American 1st Army - Aachen To The Roer River R4 of 4

American 1st Army - Aachen To The Roer River R4 of 4 GIs thru muddy destroyed village of Hamisch (sp?) 20Nov44; marching along road w/ trucks past & rainy weather. Map showing 4th & 8th Inf. into Hurtgen Forest on 16Nov44. Firing field guns in snowy woods. Moving up thru woods, medics treating wounded & evacuating. Tanks up forest road. GIs thru trees toward Groschau, fighting & machine guns. 01:49:30 May showing 8th Div. into forest. 26Nov44 rocket barrage firing into Kleinhau. Air support of fighter bombers w/ contrails. heavy artillery firing. Hurtgen w/ equipment in destruction. Men eating in streets. Tired troops thru destruction to Brandenberg & Bergstein. Troops w/ maps & coffee. Firing mortars. Jeeps & trucks past MPs moving up. Trucks of troops in convoys for relief & relocation. Sign: Lucherberg where 10Dec44 fighting began & 12Dec44 in Pere (?). 01;52:02 Sign posts to Duren, Langerwehe & MP w/ jeeps, motorcycles etc. 3rd Armored Div moving up small road near Duren & shelling Schlick west of Duren. Rotary mine exploder on road. POWs taken. Lead tank hit on road, machine gunners firing. 11Dec44 POWs assembled & questioned. Trucks of men pulling guns thru mud, smoke screen in distance. Men into empty Guy (?) w/ fires burning. 01:54:33 Tanks up muddy road, heavy snow on sides & troops march up hill. Mortars fired from beside buildings. Infantry moving along brush; tanks firing into buildings in village. Women collaborators taken prisoner & run following POWs; GIs along road beside trucks. WWII Fighting; Battles; Winter Weather; Cold; Hurtgen Forest; WW2; 1944;