Historical images compared with the current situations in the exact locations.
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Bastogne, December 19, 1944

Paratroopers of 506th move north on the Bastogne-Houffalize road.

"Now-photo" taken by Reg Jans from Belgium.

Bastogne, December 1944

Troops of 1st Batallion of the 506th move North from Bastogne to Noville on Route de LaRoche. In the "Now-"picture in the middle, Battledetective Tom poses under the street sign.

Bastogne, December 1944

This chapel was originally the Regimental Aid Station of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment. Later it became the Divisional Hospital for the 101st. It is now a multi-functional building for a Bastogne high school.

Bastogne, December 1944

The center square of the Bastogne Seminary, covered with a huge glass dome, was used for religious ceremonies during the siege.

Bastogne, Christmas Day 1944

General MacAulliffe and his staff at Christmas dinner. This comparison is not made with the historic location in the Heinz Caserne but with the 101st Division's Christmas dinner in Iraq in 2005.

Bastogne, Christmas Day 1944

Another comparison in detail with CSM Michael R. Wagoner of the 506th RCT in 2005 in Iraq and Colonel W.L. Roberts commanding CCB, 10th Armored Division in 1944.

Bastogne, December 18th 1944

The 326th Airborne Medical Company set up the 101st Divisional Hospital in this field where it was overrun and captured by German troops.

    "UNDER  INVESTIGATION"
Bizory, December 1944
The location of this well-published picture is still 'under investigation' but is believed to have been taken in a chapel in Bizory near Bastogne.

Savy, December, 24th 1944

German Panzer IV, nicknamed "Lustmolch" or "Lust Lizard", abandoned in Savy near the town pump house.

"Now-photo" submitted by Battle Detective Raphael Giot from Belgium.

Bastogne, December 26th, 1944

Rue de Clerveaux in Bastogne after the siege was lifted by tank units of General Patton's Third Army.

"Now-photo" taken by Reg Jans from Belgium.

Bastogne, December 1944

After General Patton's armored troops reached the besieged town of Bastogne, its main drag -Grand Rue- was jammed with ambulances and supply trucks.

Champs, December 30th, 1944

Colonel Steve Chappuis (left) on the steps of the Rolley Castle after he and General McAuliffe (far right) had been decorated by General Patton.

Champs, November 21st, 1991

Colonel Steve A. Chappuis visited the Castle again in 1991. In the picture at the right he can be seen talking to the lady of the castle: Madame Jacques Maus de Rolley. In the image at left, the lady talks to attendants of the 2007 Trigger Time European Convention.

Bastogne, December 27th, 1944
General Tony McAuliffe (right), the deputy commander of the 101st Airborne Division, receives congratulations from General Maxwell Taylor. Taylor, divisional commander, was in the US during the siege of Bastogne and arrived in town one day after the 4th Armored Division broke through the encirclement. The location is the Heinz Barracks in Bastogne

La Roche-en Ardennes, January 1945
A staged photograph of American soldiers of the 84th "Railsplitter" Infantry Division at right, meeting up with Scottish soldiers of the Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment.