During the Battle of the Bulge, GIs of the 486th Armored Anti-Aircraft Battalion, 3rd Armored Division, pause for a meal near Trou-Du-Bois, Belgium, December 1944. - History Education Network

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During the Battle of the Bulge, GIs of the 486th Armored Anti-Aircraft Battalion, 3rd Armored Division, pause for a meal near Trou-Du-Bois, Belgium, December 1944.

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