Foxholes in Bastogne

This is the actual position held by Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge in WW2. If you've seen "The Breaking Point" from Band of Brothers, this is where it all happened.

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[joey5552424]

So was that like a tour guide or something?

[siemprefiel2008]

Pretty much; the guy in the blue hat was our tour guide, and he's pretty much the expert (I think he was consulted for Band of Brothers). He was eight or nine years old during the siege. If you ever go to Bastogne - which is totally worth your time - lemme know; I'll try to get you his name (it's buried somewhere around here).

[madcunt16]

if you watch the bonus features of the band of brothers series it shows the veterans standing in that exact spot pointing to places their buddies died and describing what happened to them 60 years ago.

[siemprefiel2008]

Yeah I had watched the bonus feature before I went to Europe, simply awesome...I remember the woods and everything. Seems though that that episode in BoB (Breaking Point I think) was slightly off, the town of Foy was much further than depicted, which only adds to my awe that they had to traverse so much terrain to capture the town.

[almeidaal]

Just returned from a two week tour with my Dad, Amos Almeida, 101st, 502 PIR, B company. we visited Normandy, Holland, and Bastogne. It was quite an honor to be there with my Dad, who is 86 years old, and listen to him as he spoke of the battles that he fought, and to watch him as he walked around the forests, and the towns (Champs, and Longchamps). I will never forget this trip, and I will always honor the veterans that fought there, especially the ones that gave their lives for us.

[PFCPEDERSON]

Someone shut that fucking baby in the background up

[MadeInDenmark94]

Is this the forrest North, west, east or south, if foy is in the middle??

[commanderalvarado]

i was there too

[WillHurricane]

I cannot look at that footage without waiting for a tree to explode from incoming artillery.

God Bless the 101st Airborne, 506th PIR

[killer614]

I took this tour while stationed in Germany in the late 80's...I remember that the Malmendy site was so tiny

[gobbo71]

@edup12

you should come to see the WWI trenches. Even the barbed wire is all there.

[barkerroberto]

@almeidaal Bless your father. As a veteran myself.........I salute him.

[SStotenkopfgruppen]

god dammit shoot that motherfucking anoying baby put him in a foxhole and berrie him

[Raafje84]

Ive been 6 times to the ardennes with my former fellow soldiers of the 11th air Brigade.

We found bullets , Helmets , Shells and various items

[KguitarBroski]

i was there and i found a mortar cap on the ground last year! its sooo cool. but its not good to destroy that hallowed ground in search of souveniers.

[xajimas]

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