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Default My first pics from the Ardennes

I told in my introducing thread that i was going to Bastogne.. And now im back and want to share some of my pictures.

here are the first, more will come...

here im standing in a foxhole in St Vith


More forest. I got goosebumps just being there


The German cemitary with 7000 soldiers


Me at the 101st memorial


And the foxholes where the 101st where located near Foy


Here i found some small items, but that will follow later,
need to go to bed now..
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good show Robby, dark and dank getting ready for the first snows
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Great photos. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to more.
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Default Re: My first pics from the Ardennes

Here are some more..

Offcourse the 70t king tiger with some "bullit holes"


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some museum pics..







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Will make some pics of the wraps i found on the 101st site tonight

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Default Re: My first pics from the Ardennes

thank you for posting these, they really make want me to go back there
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great photos robby...........i want to go too
skipper do a detour and pick me up on the way!
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An excellent way to start off in a Forum!
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Great photos - very atmospheric and they give you a real 'feel' of the places.....
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Wonderful shots!
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thanks all.
also allready want to go back, the atmosphere is so real..

today i will make pics of the small findings..!
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yeey, went to the addict to make some pics from the founded items..

3 bags found one the 101st airborne site


coffee and orangejuice



and for heating food


some bullits M1 and 50cal?

and some 20 empty ones


2 buttons, don know from what


and these all found at one square foot (beside the buckle in the middle)



i really really like these item..
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Some very nice finds, but be very careful with those live Garand rounds as they are high velocity (denoted by the black paint on the tips).

The two buttons (with three holes) are german, they are either from a Zeltbahn, rucksack or possibly a uniform.

The orange juice sachet is identical to ones i found in the Hurtgen forest back in August, except the ones i found once contained synthetic lemon juice.

It's strange, but i have never found any of those US equipment poppers.
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thanks
i will be carefull.. so that means the black tip..
what is the blue tip on the .50?

and those poppers i think are from one item, because they were very close to together in the ground..
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I believe the blue-tipped .50 cal may be an incendiary bullet, so be careful with that one, too.....

Some nice finds, I must say !
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Robby;
Great photos and it looks like you had an interesting tour. I think that would be shrapnel marks on the King Tiger.
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yeah indeed, could find the right word for it.. thank! and it was interesting, and will do it again soon..
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Great pics. That would be cool to go to Bastogne. Thanks for sharing.
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ALot of nice finds there...thanks for posting

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good pics robby,real pleasure to see,good posting,ray...
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I told in my introducing thread that i was going to Bastogne.. And now im back and want to share some of my pictures.

here are the first, more will come...

here im standing in a foxhole in St Vith


More forest. I got goosebumps just being there


The German cemitary with 7000 soldiers


Me at the 101st memorial


And the foxholes where the 101st where located near Foy


Here i found some small items, but that will follow later,
need to go to bed now..










Most of those "foxholes" aren't actually foxholes they are just holes of tree's that have been removed.
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I really want to go there and see all that
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Very cool photos. Thank you for sharing them with us! I would really like to go myself.
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Btw nice 101st Airborne jacket.
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