GalleryUS troops in Luxembourg during World War II

It’s one of a number of photos in the Signal Corps Archive which commemorate America’s presence in the Grand Duchy during the Second World War.

The photo was taken by M. Miller of the 166th Signal Photo Company. It shows a thin line of US infantrymen marching along the road on their way to the frontline, while a mechanic appears to be fixing an engine in the foreground. The image was taken just three days before Christmas, on 22 December 1944. https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/1955948.html

General Patton’s Third Army led eight campaigns across northern Europe during the conflict, including in Luxembourg, France, Belgium and Germany. It went on to become part of the Army of Occupation, remaining in Germany until 1947.

In particular, the US 28th Infantry Division played a key role in Luxembourg’s Battle of the Bulge.

Other photos from the archive show various military deployments in Luxembourg, over the winter of 1944/1945.

Lullange area, Luxembourg. 22 January, 1945.

T/4 Frank Usiak of 1119 Berkshire Ave., Pittsburg, Pa., 3rd U.S. Army, gives his .50 caliber water-cooled machine gun an overhaul near Echternach, Luxembourg. © Public domain

Lutrebois, Luxembourg. 11 January, 1945. © Public domain

Signalmen of the 17th Airborne Division are laying wire through the town of Marnach, Luxembourg, to an artillery observation post. 31 January, 1945. © Public domain

These men are part of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, that was pinned down for a day and a half before American tanks reached and relieved them near Diekirch, Luxembourg. © Public domain

The crew of a three-inch gun covers a front line road on which G-2 has reported 20 German tanks to be advancing. 94th Division sector, junction of France, Germany and Luxembourg. 19 January, 1945. © Public domain

Infantry officers watch a demonstration of a new flamethrower near Mutford, Luxembourg. © Public domain

Echternach, Luxembourg. © Public domain

Pvt. Eugene V. Webber, left, of San Leandre, Calif., a member of the 2nd Battalion, 110th Regiment, 28th Division, hands a little girl a stick of chewing gum in the town of Asselbourn, Luxemburg, as he passes through. © Public domain

A Jeep and a trailer pass a sign announcing their entry into Germany through the courtesy of the 5th Infantry Division, as they cross the bailey bridge over the Our river between Luxembourg and Germany. © Public domain

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