Present day photo of the remains of the Siegfried Line near Kohlscheid.  Photo courtesy of Paul Geilenkirchen. texag57


Siegfried Line Today

20 Feb 2005 reenactment of the taking of Mt Suribachi. Held just outside of Fredericksburg Texas at a hill that looked remarkably like Suribachi only 1/2 size. Owners spent 6 months blasting it to look authentic, and Japanese reenactors flew on their own dime from Japan to play the enemy. There were tanks and a live flamethrower too! Photo taken with a Canon A400 digital point-and-shoot, so the quality wasn't as good as we'd like, and no telephoto lens, oh well...