Battle of the Bulge Tour : Bastogne
Bastogne may have a history going back 1,400 years and is set in the heart of the Ardennes but the main reason for visiting it is because of the siege that took place there in 1944 - that is the reason why I visited in January 2017.
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The Battle of The Bulge - Battlefield Tours - Leger Holidays
Highlights of a Battlefield tour experience for the Battle of the Bulge, showing the insights, visits and memories of what took place during 16 December 1944 -- 25 January 1945 which was a major German offensive of World War Two.
Battle of the Bulge Field Trip Marissa.surmacz's photos around Bastogne, Belgium (the ardennes)
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Ardennes
On a recent trip to France and Belgium I was able to book a 2 day Battle of the Bulge tour. The tour guide was Henri Mignon, a survivor of German occupation of the town of Houffalize This was the location of the 101st Airborne Division in the Ardennes Forest. I was able to stand in the same place as Babe Heffron and Wild Bill Guarnere looking down on the town of Foy (See Band of Brothers DVD extras). Towards the end of the video you can see the remnants of a foxhole. Groups do reenactments in the forest, so some of the foxholes have been disturbed. The forest has been completely replanted and is used for commercial lumber etc. What a moving experience. It was snowing, so the mood was similar to those historic days, minus the shooting and shelling of course.
Euro Road Trip 2018. Day 3 - Onwards to Bastogne
This is the 'highlights' from day 3 of our European road trip. Starting in the Flanders region of Belgium we head towards the south of the country and Bastogne in the Wallonia region. This leg of the trip takes us briefly back into France before we visit a chateau and then drive by the European Space Agency communications center near Redu. The last leg of the day sees us return to the war memorial theme of yesterday as we visit several sites related to The Battle of the Bulge from WW2. Oh, there's also a llama!
Bastogne 70th Day 2 | No Victory In Valhalla Battlefield Tour
In this video Ian Gardner en Reg Jans take us on a tour through the battlefields of Bastogne. The tour is based in Gardner's latest book: No Victory In Valhalla. It's the latest part of his Trilogy about the 3rd Battalion of the 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division. Together with Reg Jan, Ian Gardner guided us around the battlefields of Foy and Recogne.
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Top 15 Things To Do In The Ardennes, Belgium
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Here are top 15 things to do in The Ardennes, Belgium
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1. See a Barouqe church -
2. Siege the Chateau De Bouillon -
3. Step back in time to World War 2 -
4. Admire the Liege-Guillemins Station -
5. Hike in Rochehaut -
6. Descend into the Blegny Mine -
7. Explore the Grand Curtius Museum -
8. Relax in the beautiful Gardens of Annevoie -
9. Visit the Old Town of Durbuy -
10. Drink at the Abbey Notre Dame -
11. Go deeper underground in Rochefort -
12. View art in Liege -
13. View the Liege Cathedral -
14. Undertake a self-guided beer tour -
15. See bears and wolves -
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Bastogne
Bastogne is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes. The municipality of Bastogne includes the old communes of Longvilly, Noville, Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, and Wardin. The town is situated on a ridge in the Ardennes at an elevation of 510 metres.
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9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012, Recogne-Bastogne, Belgium
Intrigued as we were, my wife Rita and I went in Belgium to Recogne-Bastogne to its 9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012. The festival takes each year place on the domain of the well known bison farm 'La ferme des bisons'. Some say its a circus of people who want to play 'cowboy and Indian', some say it's pure fun, others claim it's a gathering of people who share an authentic passion for both Native American and American Western culture, history and way of life. We wanted to see and experience it by ourselves. On the '9ème Indian Festival' flyer you could read there was a live camp of 300 people representing 'Indians', Northern and Southern American civil war soldiers, cavalry men, mountain Men, trappers, civilians ... from different time periods . Kids and adults could attend workshops to learn about Native American arts, drum, singing, dancing and 'country & line dancing' performances were given.
At the bison farm you can book a guided tour to watch the small local bison herd. A french speaking Belgian host translates into Dutch what two special guests, Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust, members of the Apsalooke Nation (Crow Tribe-Montana), explain about Native American culture and traditions in English. They are both living and working in Europe and come every year to Recogne-Bastogne to help and advize different festival participants from Belgium, Holland, Germany ...representing American Natives and their old ways of living and clothing.
Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust demonstrate dances, hand drum singing, but also invite the public to participate. They are full of humor and often pull someone's leg hilariously.
The most famous bison of the farm is one animal -- I don't recall its name - that at its birth saw a human as a first living creature. From that time on it considers humans as its fellow creatures and cannot adapt to living among the herd. This bison welcomes and attracts everyone during the festival.
We enjoyed this event very much and noticed that a lot of the participants make a great effort to respect in detail as authentically as possible the child, the man, the woman they want to represent from a specific period of time.
We enjoyed talking to participants, to visitors, to the special Native American guests and in particular we lived a spirit of peaceful and pleasant encounter among humans as we did at the Pow Wow's we visited in California and New Mexico.
Interesting to know is during the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, World War II, lots of Navajos served in the US Army as 'Windtalkers' to prevent the German enemy from understanding and decoding the communication between the fighting US troops.
Pak 40 Walkaround at the Schumanns Eck Memorial and some Foxholes. GoPro.
This memorial was erected on the 50th celebration of the liberation of Luxembourg.
The memorial contains several plaques of the American units who were involved in the battle.
There is also a Pak 40 at this crossroad, that was placed here as a new edition to the memorial.
It was coated with anti rust coating at the Bastogne Barracks (Bastogne Tank Museum).
There is also a three-km-long trail where foxholes can be seen and a memorial which commemorated all the soldiers who were killed in this forest.
It is located at a former mass grave, where more than 160 German and American soldiers were buried.
Filmed with my GoPro Hero 3 Black.
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Luxembourg City, the Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, Bastogne and Waterloo
Images collected during a November, 2007 visit to Luxembourg and Belgium.
Regarding the American Cemetery near Luxembourg City, Luxembourg:
These images do a poor job of capturing the impact of seeing over 5,000 thousand American graves so far from home.
Young Privates, Medal of Honor recipients and a General named Patton all at rest as equals.
Belgia, Bastogne - Mardasson Memorial
9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012, Recogne-Bastogne, Belgium
Intrigued as we were, my wife Rita and I went in Belgium to Recogne-Bastogne to its 9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012. The festival takes each year place on the domain of the well known bison farm 'La ferme des bisons'. Some say its a circus of people who want to play 'cowboy and Indian', some say it's pure fun, others claim it's a gathering of people who share an authentic passion for both Native American and American Western culture, history and way of life. We wanted to see and experience it by ourselves. On the '9ème Indian Festival' flyer you could read there was a live camp of 300 people representing 'Indians', Northern and Southern American civil war soldiers, cavalry men, mountain Men, trappers, civilians ... from different time periods . Kids and adults could attend workshops to learn about Native American arts, drum, singing, dancing and 'country & line dancing' performances were given.
At the bison farm you can book a guided tour to watch the small local bison herd. A french speaking Belgian host translates into Dutch what two special guests, Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust, members of the Apsalooke Nation (Crow Tribe-Montana), explain about Native American culture and traditions in English. They are both living and working in Europe and come every year to Recogne-Bastogne to help and advize different festival participants from Belgium, Holland, Germany ...representing American Natives and their old ways of living and clothing.
Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust demonstrate dances, hand drum singing, but also invite the public to participate. They are full of humor and often pull someone's leg hilariously.
The most famous bison of the farm is one animal -- I don't recall its name - that at its birth saw a human as a first living creature. From that time on it considers humans as its fellow creatures and cannot adapt to living among the herd. This bison welcomes and attracts everyone during the festival.
We enjoyed this event very much and noticed that a lot of the participants make a great effort to respect in detail as authentically as possible the child, the man, the woman they want to represent from a specific period of time.
We enjoyed talking to participants, to visitors, to the special Native American guests and in particular we lived a spirit of peaceful and pleasant encounter among humans as we did at the Pow Wow's we visited in California and New Mexico.
Interesting to know is during the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, World War II, lots of Navajos served in the US Army as 'Windtalkers' to prevent the German enemy from understanding and decoding the communication between the fighting US troops.
9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012, Recogne-Bastogne, Belgium
Intrigued as we were, my wife Rita and I went in Belgium to Recogne-Bastogne to its 9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012. The festival takes each year place on the domain of the well known bison farm 'La ferme des bisons'. Some say its a circus of people who want to play 'cowboy and Indian', some say it's pure fun, others claim it's a gathering of people who share an authentic passion for both Native American and American Western culture, history and way of life. We wanted to see and experience it by ourselves. On the '9ème Indian Festival' flyer you could read there was a live camp of 300 people representing 'Indians', Northern and Southern American civil war soldiers, cavalry men, mountain Men, trappers, civilians ... from different time periods . Kids and adults could attend workshops to learn about Native American arts, drum, singing, dancing and 'country & line dancing' performances were given.
At the bison farm you can book a guided tour to watch the small local bison herd. A french speaking Belgian host translates into Dutch what two special guests, Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust, members of the Apsalooke Nation (Crow Tribe-Montana), explain about Native American culture and traditions in English. They are both living and working in Europe and come every year to Recogne-Bastogne to help and advize different festival participants from Belgium, Holland, Germany ...representing American Natives and their old ways of living and clothing.
Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust demonstrate dances, hand drum singing, but also invite the public to participate. They are full of humor and often pull someone's leg hilariously.
The most famous bison of the farm is one animal -- I don't recall its name - that at its birth saw a human as a first living creature. From that time on it considers humans as its fellow creatures and cannot adapt to living among the herd. This bison welcomes and attracts everyone during the festival.
We enjoyed this event very much and noticed that a lot of the participants make a great effort to respect in detail as authentically as possible the child, the man, the woman they want to represent from a specific period of time.
We enjoyed talking to participants, to visitors, to the special Native American guests and in particular we lived a spirit of peaceful and pleasant encounter among humans as we did at the Pow Wow's we visited in California and New Mexico.
Interesting to know is during the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, World War II, lots of Navajos served in the US Army as 'Windtalkers' to prevent the German enemy from understanding and decoding the communication between the fighting US troops.
9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012, Recogne-Bastogne, Belgium
Intrigued as we were, my wife Rita and I went in Belgium to Recogne-Bastogne to its 9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012. The festival takes each year place on the domain of the well known bison farm 'La ferme des bisons'. Some say its a circus of people who want to play 'cowboy and Indian', some say it's pure fun, others claim it's a gathering of people who share an authentic passion for both Native American and American Western culture, history and way of life. We wanted to see and experience it by ourselves. On the '9ème Indian Festival' flyer you could read there was a live camp of 300 people representing 'Indians', Northern and Southern American civil war soldiers, cavalry men, mountain Men, trappers, civilians ... from different time periods . Kids and adults could attend workshops to learn about Native American arts, drum, singing, dancing and 'country & line dancing' performances were given.
At the bison farm you can book a guided tour to watch the small local bison herd. A french speaking Belgian host translates into Dutch what two special guests, Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust, members of the Apsalooke Nation (Crow Tribe-Montana), explain about Native American culture and traditions in English. They are both living and working in Europe and come every year to Recogne-Bastogne to help and advize different festival participants from Belgium, Holland, Germany ...representing American Natives and their old ways of living and clothing.
Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust demonstrate dances, hand drum singing, but also invite the public to participate. They are full of humor and often pull someone's leg hilariously.
The most famous bison of the farm is one animal -- I don't recall its name - that at its birth saw a human as a first living creature. From that time on it considers humans as its fellow creatures and cannot adapt to living among the herd. This bison welcomes and attracts everyone during the festival.
We enjoyed this event very much and noticed that a lot of the participants make a great effort to respect in detail as authentically as possible the child, the man, the woman they want to represent from a specific period of time.
We enjoyed talking to participants, to visitors, to the special Native American guests and in particular we lived a spirit of peaceful and pleasant encounter among humans as we did at the Pow Wow's we visited in California and New Mexico.
Interesting to know is during the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, World War II, lots of Navajos served in the US Army as 'Windtalkers' to prevent the German enemy from understanding and decoding the communication between the fighting US troops.
9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012, Recogne-Bastogne, Belgium
Intrigued as we were, my wife Rita and I went in Belgium to Recogne-Bastogne to its 9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012. The festival takes each year place on the domain of the well known bison farm 'La ferme des bisons'. Some say its a circus of people who want to play 'cowboy and Indian', some say it's pure fun, others claim it's a gathering of people who share an authentic passion for both Native American and American Western culture, history and way of life. We wanted to see and experience it by ourselves. On the '9ème Indian Festival' flyer you could read there was a live camp of 300 people representing 'Indians', Northern and Southern American civil war soldiers, cavalry men, mountain Men, trappers, civilians ... from different time periods . Kids and adults could attend workshops to learn about Native American arts, drum, singing, dancing and 'country & line dancing' performances were given.
At the bison farm you can book a guided tour to watch the small local bison herd. A french speaking Belgian host translates into Dutch what two special guests, Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust, members of the Apsalooke Nation (Crow Tribe-Montana), explain about Native American culture and traditions in English. They are both living and working in Europe and come every year to Recogne-Bastogne to help and advize different festival participants from Belgium, Holland, Germany ...representing American Natives and their old ways of living and clothing.
Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust demonstrate dances, hand drum singing, but also invite the public to participate. They are full of humor and often pull someone's leg hilariously.
The most famous bison of the farm is one animal -- I don't recall its name - that at its birth saw a human as a first living creature. From that time on it considers humans as its fellow creatures and cannot adapt to living among the herd. This bison welcomes and attracts everyone during the festival.
We enjoyed this event very much and noticed that a lot of the participants make a great effort to respect in detail as authentically as possible the child, the man, the woman they want to represent from a specific period of time.
We enjoyed talking to participants, to visitors, to the special Native American guests and in particular we lived a spirit of peaceful and pleasant encounter among humans as we did at the Pow Wow's we visited in California and New Mexico.
Interesting to know is during the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, World War II, lots of Navajos served in the US Army as 'Windtalkers' to prevent the German enemy from understanding and decoding the communication between the fighting US troops.
Siegfried Line
On a recent trip to France and Belgium I was able to book a 2 day Battle of the Bulge tour. The tour guide was Henri Mignon, a survivor of German occupation of the town of Houffalize Here is a section of the Siegfried Line also known as Dragon's Teeth on the German border. The line is thicker in some areas and the height of the teeth varies as well. The line is connected throughout by a concrete base that sits above and below ground. It's easy to see why this defense would be an inpenatrable wall for armor and artillery. Unbelievable.
Going Back - A Railsplitters Journey
This movie was made when I traveled to Belgium with my father Arthur Mahler. It features the events described by my father in a letter I recently discovered. Here is what he wrote:
2010 was a memorable year for me, as I went to Belgium for the 65th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes. The trip was organized by a group, American War Orphans Network (AWON). It turned out to be a memorable week of events. I traveled with Joe Lippi Jr., the son of my good friend whose grave we were to visit at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery. Joining us in Liege were my sons, Peter, Eric and Steve. The trip began May 28, 2010, at the Provincial Palace in Liege with a wonderful reception. In French, I addressed Madame President of the Province of Liege. The group of 28 AWON members read the English translation. My French notes were seven pages in large print. After I read page 4, the next page was 6. Page 5 was missing! I had to continue from memory. Help came when I was handed a pre-printed French and English program. I finished the speech and all went well considering that I wore my World War II uniform in a warm room and I had not spoken French in more than twenty years. Next day was the Memorial Service at Henri-Chapelle. Seeing this place with 7,992 graves so precisely arranged in circular fashion and diagonally perfect alignment is most impressive. The many pictures we took will be a wonderful record of the event for the future. After the conclusion of the ceremonies, we participated in a police and Security-escorted trip with flashing lights from Henri Chapelle to the city of Aubel. There also was a Memorial Service in the Town Square. I was told this was better than all previous ceremonies. A parade through the town ended at a large hall for a party with all the town’s people and everyone had a great time. I got to drink a beer with Vice Admiral Richard K. Gallagher, chief of NATO, and American Ambassador Howard W. Gutman. We felt as if we were being treated like royalty. But this special day didn’t end there. Next Peter Heckmanns, webmaster of In-Honored-Glory.info, met us and we followed him to his home in Kerkrade, The Netherlands, where he had arranged a huge barbeque with some AWON members, Peter’s family and friends. I again was drafted as a translator just as I was during World War II. There was a need for conversation between the tour director and the bus driver, neither understanding the others language. I solved that problem. The last event of our visit to Belgium was a memorial celebration to the St. Paul school in Liege. It was planned by Mr. Michel Lorquet the teacher of the class 4B. This class had adopted the grave of Joseph T. Lippi at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery. Our Party was driven by M. Lorquet to the school where the entire school’s students welcomed Joe Lippi Jr. and the four Mahler’s like royalties. There were a multitude of American and Belgian Flags waved by the children. I gave my speech in French. Both the American and the Belgian National hymns were played and the Belgian was sung by the children. There were many dignitaries and the Belgian Army was represented by a Colonel and a Major who was Mr. Lorquet’s brother. We were served lunch at the school. The tables were set by the children and we toasted with champagne, yes, at the school. To end the ceremonies the children were given a question and answer session. There were good questions that were answered by Joe Lippi and me. All was reported on Belgium Local and National Television. The rest of the week was filled with experiences too numerous to mention. But here are some highlights. We visited the Remember Museum on a farm near Bastogne. We also visited the War Museum in La Roche, not far from where my friend, Joe Lippi, Sr., was killed. Wherever we were in Belgium or Holland we Veterans of World War II, who have fought in the Ardennes, and those who paid the ultimate price, are not forgotten. Sixty- five years later people including school children are grateful to have been liberated a long time ago.
—Arthur Mahler, 84th Infantry Division, 334th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, HQ.
9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012, Recogne-Bastogne, Belgium
Intrigued as we were, my wife Rita and I went in Belgium to Recogne-Bastogne to its 9th 'Indian Festival', July 7th - 8th 2012. The festival takes each year place on the domain of the well known bison farm 'La ferme des bisons'. Some say its a circus of people who want to play 'cowboy and Indian', some say it's pure fun, others claim it's a gathering of people who share an authentic passion for both Native American and American Western culture, history and way of life. We wanted to see and experience it by ourselves. On the '9ème Indian Festival' flyer you could read there was a live camp of 300 people representing 'Indians', Northern and Southern American civil war soldiers, cavalry men, mountain Men, trappers, civilians ... from different time periods . Kids and adults could attend workshops to learn about Native American arts, drum, singing, dancing and 'country & line dancing' performances were given.
At the bison farm you can book a guided tour to watch the small local bison herd. A french speaking Belgian host translates into Dutch what two special guests, Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust, members of the Apsalooke Nation (Crow Tribe-Montana), explain about Native American culture and traditions in English. They are both living and working in Europe and come every year to Recogne-Bastogne to help and advize different festival participants from Belgium, Holland, Germany ...representing American Natives and their old ways of living and clothing.
Kendall Old Elk and Kevin Dust demonstrate dances, hand drum singing, but also invite the public to participate. They are full of humor and often pull someone's leg hilariously.
The most famous bison of the farm is one animal -- I don't recall its name - that at its birth saw a human as a first living creature. From that time on it considers humans as its fellow creatures and cannot adapt to living among the herd. This bison welcomes and attracts everyone during the festival.
We enjoyed this event very much and noticed that a lot of the participants make a great effort to respect in detail as authentically as possible the child, the man, the woman they want to represent from a specific period of time.
We enjoyed talking to participants, to visitors, to the special Native American guests and in particular we lived a spirit of peaceful and pleasant encounter among humans as we did at the Pow Wow's we visited in California and New Mexico.
Interesting to know is during the Battle of the Bulge in Bastogne, World War II, lots of Navajos served in the US Army as 'Windtalkers' to prevent the German enemy from understanding and decoding the communication between the fighting US troops.
Nuts Days 2011
With the Belgian Tank Museum at Bastogne.
Long edition for tank freaks.