"Graves registration officer identifies dead Yanks among Germans killed in Ardennes salient during 1st and 3rd Army squeeze against Von Rundstedt's lines. 11 January, 1945. Photographer: Pvt. Arthur H. Hertz, 166th Signal Photo Co."
The 3d Army and 30 Corps joined near St. Hubert.
"Pvt. Thomas Amenta, 1391 S. Concord St., Los Angeles., Calif., of the 3rd Armored Div., hikes back to the rear area after his tank was knocked out by a road mine in the fighting beyond Langlir, Belgium during the First Army drive into Ardennes salient. 11 January, 1945."
"M-4 tractors tow captured 88mm Nazi guns into place to be fired against Germans pocketed in the "bulge" between the 1st and 3rd U.S. Armies. Luxembourg. 11 January, 1945.
90th Infantry Division."
Archer T. Gammon preformed the actions that resulted in his being awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor.
He charged 30 yards through hip-deep snow to knock out a machinegun and its 3-man crew with grenades, saving his platoon from being decimated and allowing it to continue its advance from an open field into some nearby woods. The platoon's advance through the woods had only begun when a machinegun supported by riflemen opened fire and a Tiger Royal tank sent 88mm. shells screaming at the unit from the left flank. S/Sgt. Gammon, disregarding all thoughts of personal safety, rushed forward, then cut to the left, crossing the width of the platoon's skirmish line in an attempt to get within grenade range of the tank and its protecting foot troops. Intense fire was concentrated on him by riflemen and the machinegun emplaced near the tank. He charged the automatic weapon, wiped out its crew of 4 with grenades, and, with supreme daring, advanced to within 25 yards of the armored vehicle, killing 2 hostile infantrymen with rifle fire as he moved forward. The tank had started to withdraw, backing a short distance, then firing, backing some more, and then stopping to blast out another round, when the man whose single-handed relentless attack had put the ponderous machine on the defensive was struck and instantly killed by a direct hit from the Tiger Royal's heavy gun. By his intrepidity and extreme devotion to the task of driving the enemy back no matter what the odds, S/Sgt. Gammon cleared the woods of German forces, for the tank continued to withdraw, leaving open the path for the gallant squad leader's platoon.
The 25th Infantry Division, reinforced by an armored group, landed at Lingayen to reinforce the beachhead. Heavy kamikaze attacks occurred and many smaller ships were damaged.
Aircraft from the US 3d Fleet sank 25 ships and damaged 13 more from Japanese convoys off of Indochina. On the same day a German coastal convoy lost at least 3 or 4 of the 8 ships in it in a British air attack off of southern Norway.
The HMS Thane, an escort carrier, was sunk in the Irish Sea by the U-1172.
The Dekemvriana came to an end.
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