This is original footage of the 101st Airborne Division moving up to the frontline near Bastogne. The division arrived west of the city during the night of 18–19 December 1944. Shown in this film are men of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment advancing in the direction of Foy and Noville on the morning of the 19th. It should be noted that the 101st Airborne Division was not the first unit to arrive in Bastogne. In the days prior, the front held by the 28th Infantry Division had collapsed under
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This is original footage of the 101st Airborne Division moving up to the frontline near Bastogne. The division arrived west of the city during the night of 18–19 December 1944. Shown in this film are men of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment advancing in the direction of Foy and Noville on the morning of the 19th. It should be noted that the 101st Airborne Division was not the first unit to arrive in Bastogne. In the days prior, the front held by the 28th Infantry Division had collapsed under
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