101st Airborne troops move past fallen comrades killed in the Christmas Eve bombing of Bastogne.
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Bastogne, Christmas Day,1944

combat boots worn by US troops ww2  from about summer of '44 on though many were still wearing the canvas legging until wars end.

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This dead G.I. was felled while fighting with fellow soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division, to drive the Germans from a heavily wooded area near Bastogne, Belgium, where Germans were entrenched (10 Jan 1945) Photo By: Lynch.