Bastogne 2004

Commemorations - Battle in the Ardennes

Throughout the weekend one could find many men in authentic uniforms in and around Bastogne. The city was brought back to the war years with men wearing all different kinds of allied uniforms and carrying all sorts of weapons.

Reenactment paratroopers
Men reenacting a squad paratroopers of the 506th PIR are standing in front of the Sherman tank on the Mc Auliffe square.

Mc Auliffe monument
A paratrooper next to the monument for general Mc Auliffe, the American commander that lead the defense of Bastogne during the battle of the bulge.

A veteran and reenactment soldiers
Men in authentic uniforms talking with one of the American veterans. The men are wearing sheets over their uniforms as improvised snow camouflage as the soldiers did during the battle sixty years earlier.


Reenactment paratroopers
Men in authentic uniforms reenacting a squad from the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division.

Medics taking care of a wounded soldier

Vaux-sur-Sure
Allied jeeps and trucks gathered at Vaux-sur-Sure on Sunday the 19th.

All the above pictures where made by the webmaster.


2004
On the 16th a ceremony was held on the Mc Auliffe square in the presence of American veterans.
Re-enactment in Bastogne
Parade in the mainstreet in Bastogne, great to see and hear the crowds and these US Sherman tanks in the small streets of Bastogne.

The landscape in 2004.

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