| Ardennes "The Battle of the Bulge" |
KRINKELT MONUMENT
Thanks to the tireless efforts and selfless
sacrifices of the Second Division's own James
Branch, Pierre Constant and Hans Wijers and
other European friends of the Second Division,
the Krinkelt Monument was finally put into
place on October 19, 2002.
| Heartbreak Crossroad, February 2001 |
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| Foxhole 30 yards from the crossroad. | The road comes from Krinkelt-Rocherath, turns left to Monschau and right to Schleiden and Hellenthal. |
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| Büllingen The place is the spot where the German forced American prisonners to fill their gas tanks full. |
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| Krinkelt photo aken along the road Büllingen
to Krinkelt and towards +/- the North |
Wirtzfeld photo is taken towards the West (towards Camp Elsenborn) |
| Crossroad in Krinkelt |
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| **(Photo Credit: From the photograph album
of Jess Ray Styles, who served with the 741st Tank Bn., which was attached to the 2 ID during the Battle of the Bulge. Submitted by his son, Dan.) |
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| Krinkelt church | to Heartbreak crossroads Kalpers house |
| Rocherath |
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| **(Photo Credit: From the photograph album of Jess Ray Styles, who served with the 741st Tank Bn., which was attached to the 2 ID during the Battle of the Bulge. Submitted by his son, Dan.) |
| This is main street Rocherath. The house on the right has a most unusual shaped roof and is located on the east side of the main street less than a hundred yards north of the present day church. The house itself is square and had four large shell holes in the north gable end. It was repaired post war and is still there today. |
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| 1941 Jeep in the forest through the 99th and 2nd Division positions. (Photograph 2001) |