90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week: Habscheid, Germany
January 23, 2012
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Good Monday morning! For this edition of the 90th Infantry Division Pic of the Week, let’s return to Habscheid, Germany, for one of my favorite photos of all time.
Near Habscheid, Germany, soldiers from Company E, 358th Infantry, 90th Infantry Division, push through the dragon's teeth of the Siegfried Line on their way to the front - Feb. 12, 1945. (U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo, Courtesy National Archives)
Iconic Picture, you will see it everywhere among World War 2 Pics. My great uncle, PFC George A. Upshall, died in Habscheid, on Feb 15th. He served in F Company, 2nd Battalion. He had been wounded previously at Oberwampach, Luxembourg. Likely he passed the very same way as these E Company, 2nd Batt. men in the picture.