T-18s in Bastogne

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T-18s in Bastogne

Post by housil » Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:14 am

As Bastogne "Nuts Days" celebrations got canceled due to Covid restriction last year, we were too happy they started some smaller events this year again. No reenactment events, no public events just the museums were open and a small vehicles parade Sunday.

So I rent a house near to Foy (for those, who are familiar with Band of Brothers or WW2 history) for me and my friends to participate
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We did some battle field tours to see their fox holes of Easy Company at Foy
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The view from the fox holes towards Foy
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That´s the real place where Shifty Powers shot the German sniper.
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You can still see the bullet holes in the wall
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Back at the house, we opened the T-18 "carrot cake w/ icing"
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Lucky me, that carrot cake didn´t taste for "carrots" as I realy don´t like them but has a good cinnamon and ginger bread flavor
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It lasts three (!) days :D

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Re: T-18s in Bastogne

Post by housil » Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:27 am

We toured the Bastogne area to see some "left overs" from 1944
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A "German" Hetzer tank destroyer. (For nerds, that one is a past war Swiss made model. Note the thread at the barrel for the muzzle break. German WW2 Hetzer didn´t have these)
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A German WW2 VW Beagle (KdF Wagen)
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Touring all day, we needed a good, rich dinner so we opened the (3218) T-18 "beef stew"
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added 2 lbs of pasta
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makes a nice amount of food
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...and way too much for us "just" seven ppls :mrgreen:
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That beef stew was 3128, so 8 years "old" and still perfect in shape and taste.

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Re: T-18s in Bastogne

Post by housil » Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:37 am

Sunday we started with bacon and eggs. The eggs came from the MH T-18s freeze dried scrambled eggs
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(It seems I didn´t take pictures from these :shock: )

That day we went to the Bastogne Airborne museum.
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Lot´s of Police :shock:
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as the US ambassador and three veterans were there.
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The museum is amazing!!
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Re: T-18s in Bastogne

Post by housil » Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:41 am

At the Bastogne War Museum was a little field display with reenactors
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We met some others at the German Cemetery at Foy
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Re: T-18s in Bastogne

Post by Jim_M1988 » Wed Dec 15, 2021 7:49 am

Awesome photos dude, thanks for sharing. Can't wait to be able to get back over there myself.

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Re: T-18s in Bastogne

Post by SentientTootsieRoll » Wed Dec 15, 2021 11:58 pm

Great pictures, thanks for sharing!

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Re: T-18s in Bastogne

Post by OtisRNeedleman » Sat Dec 18, 2021 7:47 pm

Great pics, indeed. Thanks much!

Found the display of tobacco products very striking. Have never smoked myself, so am always amazed at how much people smoked at that time. Am interested in containers, found the Lucky Strike round and flat cans notable.

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Re: T-18s in Bastogne

Post by steve1989 » Sun Dec 19, 2021 12:22 am

Hey Housil!

Awesome post, like always with these adventures that you share.

Been a while since watching Band of Brothers. Always loved the Bastogne part - pretty sure that's when Wild Bill Gonorrhea gets hurt by a mortar shell. Was crazy that he lived until 2014. A pretty long life, actually.


That carrot cake sounds delicious. I'd had one, but parted with it. Had to let go of a few cakes. They're so high in sugar and one guy can only eat so much cake in a day.


The collection of tobacco is impressive.


Always feels like old times seeing your cool posts man. Thank you :)

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Re: T-18s in Bastogne

Post by Alter Mann » Sun Apr 03, 2022 12:53 pm

Yeah, the museums around there and all the places around Bastogne & Foy are awesome, spent one weekend there doing some GORUCK events, need to go back one day
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Re: T-18s in Bastogne

Post by parafireboy » Wed Apr 06, 2022 5:06 pm

Great photos. It looks like it was an amazing trip. I hope to see it someday!

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