Battlefield Burials

[Jim O]

Originally Posted by cyberia

A farewell on the Eastern Front

This photo has been "flipped" on the long axis. Note the orientation of the swastika.

Should it not appear like the following?

[Horch]

Good observation there Jim O!

[Jim O]

Location unknown

[Jim O]

[Panzermacher]

"GD" Field Cemetary near Yelna August, '41



Obstlt. Garski and Obst von Stocken visit the graves of recently fallen "GD" men outside Yelna August '41



As a STuG III F Crosses a rail line behind him, a graves registration man replaces a temporary grave marker with a more permanent one. Near the Don River bend Summer '42



Two "GD" men pay tribute to a fallen Kamerad at the Division Cemetary at Schisderovo December '42



Fusilier Regt. "GD" Cemetary at Schisderovo December '42



No caption needed..........."Ich hat eine Kameraden"..............

[Jim O]

Great photos PM. Thanks.

[cyberia]

Hürtgenwald; A Battlefield Cemetery In Progress

The Hürtgen forest is located along the border between Belgium and Germany in the southwest corner of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Hürtgen Forest

The Battle of Hürtgen Forest was fought between September 13, 1944, through February 10, 1945 in a heavily wooded area scarcely 50 square miles in area. Before it was over, both sides named it The Death Factory.

Twenty-four thousand Americans and an unknown but estimated equal number of Germans were killed in the fighting so intense, that artillery and air bombardment often ground men into the very soil they fought over.

For more than 60 years the battlefield is still, slowing, giving up its dead.

Ten years after the battle the scattered and incomplete remains of an unknown German soldier of the 326th volksgrenadier-division had been found by hikers in the valley of Perlenbach (pearlcreek). The helmet penetrated by a shell splinter. To the right the rusted gasmask-canister. He was covered where he was found with a rock Carin.

In April 2000, an explosive ordnance disposal unit discovered most of the remains of G.I. Robert Cahow of Wisconsin in a submerged foxhole. Cahow was a member of K-company, 311th regiment of the 78th ID. He was found beside the still live mortar rounds he was carrying the day he was killed.

It is believed 190 American soldiers are still missing in the Hürtgenwald, as well as an unknown number of Germans. Every few years, another one or two are found. The unidentified are allowed to remain where they have already rested for so many decades.

[Pirate-Drakk]

Originally Posted by Jim O

This photo has been "flipped" on the long axis. Note the orientation of the swastika.

Should it not appear like the following?

It could be that the flag was placed "upside down" on the casket.

[Jim O]

Originally Posted by Pirate-Drakk

It could be that the flag was placed "upside down" on the casket.

Either is possible but I think they would have noticed that and fixed it before snapping a photo. Flipping a negative before printing it is much easier to do, especially if the person printing it didn't know the context.

[krieg]

Originally Posted by cyberia

Hürtgenwald; A Battlefield Cemetery In Progress

The Hürtgen forest is located along the border between Belgium and Germany in the southwest corner of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Hürtgen Forest

The Battle of Hürtgen Forest was fought between September 13, 1944, through February 10, 1945 in a heavily wooded area scarcely 50 square miles in area. Before it was over, both sides named it The Death Factory.

Twenty-four thousand Americans and an unknown but estimated equal number of Germans were killed in the fighting so intense, that artillery and air bombardment often ground men into the very soil they fought over.

For more than 60 years the battlefield is still, slowing, giving up its dead.

Ten years after the battle the scattered and incomplete remains of an unknown German soldier of the 326th volksgrenadier-division had been found by hikers in the valley of Perlenbach (pearlcreek). The helmet penetrated by a shell splinter. To the right the rusted gasmask-canister. He was covered where he was found with a rock Carin.

In April 2000, an explosive ordnance disposal unit discovered most of the remains of G.I. Robert Cahow of Wisconsin in a submerged foxhole. Cahow was a member of K-company, 311th regiment of the 78th ID. He was found beside the still live mortar rounds he was carrying the day he was killed.

It is believed 190 American soldiers are still missing in the Hürtgenwald, as well as an unknown number of Germans. Every few years, another one or two are found. The unidentified are allowed to remain where they have already rested for so many decades.

wow .. RIP.. for you now your war is over
best mark