A 117th Co. K Rifleman, Sgt. James Smith with Belgium FFI and civilians, Sept. 1944. 


Liberation of Belgium 4

Soldiers of the 117th Infantry Regiment, Company A, 30th Division, including Pvt. Florian B. Lawniczak, with the 30-cal ammo around his neck, arriving in the court-yard of Rolduc, the old Abbey in Kerkrade, before returning to the front line.

117th Infantry Regiment

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.

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