Date: 5 January 1945 Location: Malempre, Belgium Description: Men of the 83d Inf. Div., U.S. Army, hike through snow to join an armored force in an attack on the Nazis near Malempre, Belgium.

Date: 5 January 1945 Location: Baneux, Belgium Description: Even medium tank tracks fail to hold on icy streets in Baneux, Belgium, during attack on that city by American armored forces, 1st Bn, 33d Regt, 3rd Armd. Div.

 

 

Date: 7 January 1945 Location: near Fraiture, Belgium Description: With their 75mm guns alert for flank attack, these Third Armored Division medium tanks wait on a snow-covered road in Belgium for a knocked-out tank to be cleared from the roadway ahead. The tanks are advancing on the northern flank of the German Bulge in Belgium. Manhay-Houffalize [road] near Fraiture, Belgium.

Date: 13 January 1945 Location: Langlir, Belgium Description: Vehicles and infantrymen of the 3rd Armored Division move into the town of Langlir, Belgium, under enemy shell fire.

 

 

Date: 13 January 1945 Location: Langlir, Belgium Description: A tank destroyer of the 703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, 3rd Armored Division, moves past disabled German tank to engage the enemy 1/2-mile ahead, south of Langlir, Belgium.

Date: Location: Trou-De-Bra, Belgium Description: Tanks of the 3rd Armored Division fire at German positions on the other side of the hill near Trou-De-Bra, Belgium, to pave the way for an attack in that sector. 2nd Bn, 32nd Regt, 3rd Armd Div., FUSA.

Date: 17 January 1945 Location: Cherain, Belgium Description: American tank waits for orders to move on in street of Cherain, Belgium. This town has just been taken by task force of Third Armored Division and is still under enemy shellfire.

Date: 20 January 1945 Location: Cherain, Belgium Description: Self-propelled German PP knocked out in heavy fighting with Yank 3rd Armored Division near town of Cherain, Belgium.

 

 

Sgt. James Cullen 1945

Date: 18 January 1945
Location: La Roche, Belgium
Description:
Jan Diefendorf, Greenwich, Conn., has a cigarette
with troops of the 3rd Armored Division near
La Roche, Belgium, after she has helped hand
out coffee and doughnuts from a clubmobile.

Sgt. James Cullen - E Company 36th. Armored Infantry - 1945

 

 

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