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"Allies regain initiative in the Ardennes."
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Latest news that Allied counterattack is going well is backed up by film of soldiers and Sherman tanks of the US First Army spearheading the attack. Failure of von Rundstedt's offensive is attributed in part to Allied air power of Bomber Command and 2nd Tactical Air Force, illustrated by Mitchells of 180 Squadron in flight and over snowy fields bombing enemy concentrations and by a daylight raid by Lancasters against the marshalling yards of Mönchengladbach. Item also shows the devastation of Malmédy and announces the recapture of Bastogne (Dakotas parachuting supplies). Some of Colonel Hogan's four hundred men who escaped from the besieged town are seen with their faces still blackened by camouflage. Military ambulance passes along snow-covered country road.
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35mm
![Keystone Photo Shows: Gable talks, from behind a machine-gun, to Sgt. Gunner Phil Hulse, of Springfield, Mo., Right, and Sgt. Gunner Kenneth Huls, from Perkin, Oklahoma.’ On reverse: US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamp]. Print No: 268131.](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_mobile_2x/public/2018-06/1_132.jpg?itok=x2dtLEgi)