Gen. Anthony McAuliffe,acting commander of the 101st and its attached troops at Bastogne.Famous words,&quot;To the German Commander, NUTS!, The American Commander&quot;

NUTS!

Members of Co. F, 117th Inf. Rgt. are recrossing the Meuse River at Maastricht over an almost complete heavy pontoon bridge.  Bridge was constructed by the 247th Engr C. Bn of the 1104th Engineer Combat Group.  Since the 120th Inf Rgt. was not downtown Maasticht and the 117th was recrossing the Meuse, only members of the 1104th Eng. C Gp would have been in the city center of Maasticht on the evening of Sept. 14th, 1944.  The next day the 120th cleared the Maastricht island.

greetz,brummbar

Coming and going

Kodachrome slide taken by Captain George Lage in Normandy. Lage was 2nd battalion surgeon of the 502 PIR, and he posed here with some of his medics.Note the German belt and buckle and Mauser rifle