Belgium/Lux: Airborne infantry digs in Odrimont; awards; the front; 703rd tank destroyer; staff meetings - ADC-3056

Summary

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