The &quot;Hurtgen Hotel&quot; in the village of Hürtgen, command post of the Staff Company of 1st Batallion/121st US Infantry Regiment. January 8, 1945.

The &quot;Hurtgen Hotel&quot;

G.I.s of D-Company/1340 Engineer Battalion harvesting potatoes to improve their provisions. Hürtgen/Western Germany, December 15, 1944.

Potato harvest

These four american officers just got decorated with the Silver Star for their achievements in the battles of Hurtgenforest. Strange enough, 1st Lieutenant Paul Boesch -the second soldier from the left and the only one smiling - is the sole one to make it out of Hurtgenforest alive.

The &quot;Hurtgen Hotel&quot;

The "Hurtgen Hotel"