Walter M. Robertson
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Major General Walter Melville Robertson was a senior United States Army officer. During World War II he received the second highest American military award, Distinguished Service Cross, for his leader
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Robertson (back seat) with Lt. Gen. Patton pass in review of Third Army Troops in April 1944, prior to the Normandy invasion in June
Robertson giving speech to the Salzburg Radio Rot-Weiß-Rot on June 6, 1945
The grave of Major General Walter M. Robertson at Arlington National Cemetery
Battle of Elsenborn Ridge
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The Battle of Elsenborn Ridge refers to the northernmost German attacks during the Battle of the Bulge. The area from Elsenborn Ridge itself to Monschau was the only sector of the American front line
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…1939-1945 with Palm by the Government of France. The German Ardennes offensive in mid-December forced the division to withdraw to defensive positions near Elsenborn Ridge, where the German drive was halted. When the initial thrusts of a full-scale German counter offensive threatened the right flank of his division…
Discarded artillery shell casings litter a U.S. artillery position on Elsenborn Ridge.
Walter Model, Gerd von Rundstedt and Hans Krebs plan for the Ardennes Offensive (Battle of the Bulge) in November 1944.
German 6th Army progress during the offensive
Vehicles of the 99th Division moving through Wirtzfeld en route to Elsenborn.