Who Is The Running Paratrooper?
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The Story Behind One of the Most Famous Battle of the Bulge Photographs Iconic PhotographUS Army Signal Corps Photographer Emil Edgren was sent together with movie man Herb Shannon to the 82nd Airborne Division as the Battle of the Bulge started in December 1944. ‘We were to report with the 82nd Airborne as the Battle […]

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The 99th Infantry Battalion during the Battle of the Bulge

The 99th Infantry Battalion (separate) was a battalion of Norwegian-speaking soldiers. They were originally formed to act as an invasion force in case there was going to be combat in Norway. They saw combat in France, Belgium and Germany. During the Battle of the Bulge the 99th Battalion operated together with the 526th Armored Infantry […]

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The US 5th Division Photographers – 166th SPC

Little is known about most Signal Corps Photographic units that were attached to US Armored and Infantry Divisions. These Signal Photographic Companies were divided into smaller detachments. Detachment No. 6 of the 166th Signal Photographic Company was a group of seven photographers who followed the 5th Division during its combat on the European front, and […]

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Military Mapping: The Grid System

Military Mapping: The Grid System One of the newest inventions in military map making was the use of grids and coordinates. Up to the First World War, firing techniques for field artillery was one of “trial and error.” This meant that an artillery battery had to shoot itself in. It registered on its target by […]

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The Battle of Berdorf, Luxembourg – Dec 26, 1944

In the past few posts I’ve been talking about a few personal stories of men of the 2nd Infantry Regiment who gave their lives in their first two combat days during the Bulge (Dec 24 & 25). During those days the Regiment managed to advance Breitweiler and Consdorf to the woods south of Berdorf. It […]

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