Belgium/Lux: Airborne infantry digs in Odrimont; awards; the front; 703rd tank destroyer; staff meetings - ADC-3056
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08:56
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AIRBORNE INFANTRY DIGS IN
Odrimont, (?) Belgium, 1945/01/06
MSs, CUs, Co E, 2nd Bn, 325th Glider Regt, 82nd AB Div in foxholes and at 50 cal MG positions in snow-covered fields.
LSs, infantrymen move up road to replace Co E.
MCUs, soldier looks thru field glasses twd enemy territory.
MSs, CUs, soldier looks out of turret of tank destroyer.
02:10
BRONZE AND SILVER STAR AWARDS
Luxembourg, 1945/01/05
MSs, CUs, Maj Gen Manton S Eddy presents awards to men of the 27th AA Gp, attached to XII Corps, Third Army.
04:10
TO THE FRONT
Dite-A-La-Plez, (?) Belgium, 1945/01/06
LS, MSs, CUs, replacements for I Co, 333rd Inf Regt, Inf Div, FUSA march on snow-covered road, thru forest and past abandoned German roadblocks. (Soldiers wear overcoats, helmets and carry rifles, and stand out vividly
against the snow.)
05:36
703RD TANK DESTROYER
Manhay, Belgium, 1945/01/04
MSs, heavy traffic on snow-covered highway.
MSs, soldiers dismount from tank destroyer, receive orders from commander, climb atop tank destroyer and uncover MG.
Various CUs, soldiers load 30 cal MG and 50 cal MG on TD.
MCU, crew get into TD and close hatch.
07:55
STAFF MEETINGS AND DECORATIONS
Bastogne, Belgium, 1945/01/03
Int, Maj Gen Maxwell D Taylor and staff of the 10th Armd Div, 101st AB at meeting.
Exts, Maj Gen Taylor decorates officers of the 101st with Silver and Bronze sta