It is hard to imagine that I was standing where so much difficult fighting had taken place and what it had cost those who fought here. It was carved deeply into their memories. I am standing just about on the spot where a German tank caused a great deal of grief to the advancing American troops. On January 13, 1945,in a final assault, the town was flanked on both sides as well as being attacked head on and with mortar support. Reg told me it took 6 hours to take the town and another 12 to keep it. 18 hours of fighting.. Moving rapidly abreast across the field through knee deep snow into machine gun fire was only the very beginning...

Clancy said they had gotten some sheets from nuns. I can only guess that they were originally provided by nuns and brought up to the MLR by medics or someone else returning to the front. By the time they attacked Foy he would have gotten an overcoat from a dead soldier and put the sheet over that. The make shift camouflage would have remained on his helmet for the duration of their engagement in Bastogne.

This is an artistic representation of an artistic representation... where Clancy was depicted in his winter camo. I attempted similar with real Belgian sheets and a replica/prop M-1.

I must say that the people there were very friendly. They are pretty used tourists taking photos especially around this time of year.