Photograph taken from Captured German Film of German Troops Advancing Past Burning American Equipment

Original caption: “Then WHAM, they hit us. Our line up there in the Ardennes was pretty thin and the Jerries knew it. Old Von Rundstedt massed a lot of stuff behind the lines and let us have it. I’ll never forget the date- December 16, 1944. We didn’t have many supplies and we didn’t have many men. Captured German films sent back to headquarters began to look like this- Krauts advancing past burning American equipment. Our own pictures were just as sad. We knew we were in for it.” Undated.