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#1 User is offline   32ndEPO 

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Posted November 29, 2008 - 05:06 PM

I'm new to this site and just wanted to post some more pictures of this man, whos photo is well known. He was at the battle of the Bulge part of 2nd Company, I SS Panzer, Grenadier Rgt 1 LAH
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Posted November 29, 2008 - 05:10 PM

IIRC this is all from a film? Anyone know if the film exists in it's entirety somewhere?
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Posted November 29, 2008 - 05:16 PM

Sir, His even on book covers and cvd cd cover's.
Thanks i never seen those extra pics before.
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Posted November 29, 2008 - 06:08 PM

He shows up in lots of movies about the Battle of the Bulge, I think the original footage is from a newsreel because I've seen him in one before, the promblem is I've only seen footage of him that last a couple of seconds, the whole thing is probally in an archive some place.

Here is brief clip of him with other soldiers. [/YOUTUBE_BROWSER]E9EkaeaX7E8]YouTube - Waffen SS sharing cigarettes 18thDec1944,Poteau,Belgium

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Posted November 29, 2008 - 06:23 PM

32ndEPO said:

He shows up in lots of movies about the Battle of the Bulge, I think the original footage is from a newsreel because I've seen him in one before, the promblem is I've only seen footage of him that last a couple of seconds, the whole thing is probally in an archive some place.

Here is brief clip of him with other soldiers. [/YOUTUBE_BROWSER]E9EkaeaX7E8]YouTube - Waffen SS sharing cigarettes 18thDec1944,Poteau,Belgium


Far out Sir, I never seen a real footage before.great film.I always wanted to know if he's still alive and that he knows he's pic is so famous.
Great stuff Sir:applause:
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Posted November 29, 2008 - 07:42 PM

32ndEPO said:

He shows up in lots of movies about the Battle of the Bulge, I think the original footage is from a newsreel because I've seen him in one before, the promblem is I've only seen footage of him that last a couple of seconds, the whole thing is probally in an archive some place.

Here is brief clip of him with other soldiers. [/YOUTUBE_BROWSER]E9EkaeaX7E8]YouTube - Waffen SS sharing cigarettes 18thDec1944,Poteau,Belgium


Thanks for the clip! While his picture is famous, I've never seen the film before.

By the way, welcome to the Zone 32ndEPO!
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Posted December 22, 2008 - 07:30 AM

Seems a reenactor has stumbled on another picture:

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Posted December 22, 2008 - 12:02 PM

I have seen the whole film with the German Announcer speaking.(It was part of a propaganda film about the Ardennes Offensive) It is from the "bulge" and the film covered this group of Waffen SS men as they "Liberated" American cigarettes from a Wrecked vehicle. The film then showed the Waffen men move off in column. And it seemed to center on the "Famous" soldier quite a bit (Maybe he was the PK man's friend?)

I have seen a later photo from American sources, that shows the man on the far left in the last posted photo, (the man with the cammo covered helmet) dead, with a pack of American Matches under his hand. (Or so said the caption of the site I saw it at. One of the members swears it was the same guy....I wasn't so sure, they LOOKED similar tho.)
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Posted December 24, 2008 - 12:51 PM

I found this vid...he is near the 0.23 to 0.26 of it, and the whole thing seems to have been shortened from the longer version.
Vid quality stinks


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Posted December 24, 2008 - 03:21 PM

Of course the big question at the reenactor forums I'm at are:

Is he still alive? And is there a name?
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