13-042 Garand Picture of the Day - 100th inf div 397 inf Regt

[Mark in Rochester]

November, 1944: 397th Infantry advances through the High Vosges.


Bitche

The town is near the Maginot Line, into which the citadel was integrated. Bitche was liberated in December 1944 by allied troops but was relinquished in the withdrawal forced by the German counteroffensive. In March 1945 the U.S. 100th Infantry Division broke through the Maginot Line in the Bitche area and liberated the town, which had been occupied by German troops. The attack was a part of Operation Undertone.

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