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Troops of 101st Airborne Division holding Bastogne against the Germans, laugh as they watch a comrade pretend to jump rope to keep warm

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Bastogne, Belgium, 1944: Troops of 101st Airborne Division holding Bastogne against the…

Bastogne, Belgium, 12/25/1944

SC 253857Field no. ETO-HQ-45-69RG 111
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Troops of 101st Airborne Division holding Bastogne against the Germans, laugh as they watch a comrade pretend to jump rope to keep warm. They are waiting here for supply planes to drop much needed medical supplies and ammunition by parachute. Belgium, 12/25/45

Date
12/25/1944
Place
Bastogne, Belgium · approximate position
Photographer
Krochka
Units
101st Airborne Division
SC number
253857
Field number
ETO-HQ-45-69
Album
101st Airborne Division
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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