Sauer River Crossing

[W Petz]

A friend of mine in Luxembourg just sent me this image of a reenactment of the Sauer river crossing that originally took place near Diekirch, Luxembourg in September of 1944. Looks pretty realistic and too bad I missed it. - Bill

[Scott H]

Nice photo. Yes, it does look authentic alright! Do you have anymore pictures?

[W Petz]

Scott,

That is the only one he sent to me. I will ask him for more. I'm sure he was doing his official police duties. He is a Luxembourg Police Inspector. Bill

[Scott H]

I was in that exact area in 2003. I took a WW II History with a company called alpventures. It was the most memorable vacation I ever had!

[W Petz]

I practically lived in the area for many years (my adopted family live in Haller, Luxembourg). I was stationed in Baumholder and spent a total of 15 years in Germany. I Got to know Diekirch Museum, Roland Gaul (curator) and Fred Karen very well. I did alot of Battlefield archeology digs and searching the area with my Lux friends talking to Farmers. They use to have a Rememberence Day parade and festivities every year but that sort of stopped after the first Gulf War came around. I still keep in touch with alot of my Luxembourg friends and adopted family. I would love to go back again..I do miss it. - Bill

[Revellations]

Nice photo Bill...thanks for sharing. Does look real!!

Also must be a serious re-enactor who owns a complete pontoon bridge...

[W Petz]

Scott,

There are some serious vehicle collectors in Luxembourg and Belgium. They lovingly restore their US Vehicles and participate in many ceremonial activities for the US Veterans and reenactiments. I believe a number of their pontoon boats were discovered in the Echternach area some years ago!! There were several assault crossings along the Sauer river in 1944. Several Good Books to read about the Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg (Vol 1 & 2) are by Roland Gaul, Curator of Diekirch National Museum and another by Fred Karen, Member and Major contributor to the Diekirch Museum wrote "Kriegsereignisse im Fronsektor der Untersauer" September 1944 - Marz 1945. There is also another book written by E.T. Melchers, "Luxembourg Befreiung und Ardennen Offensive" 1944 - 1945 - Bill

[Adrian Stevenson]

What a great photo! Very impressive.


Cheers, Ade.

[Jürg]

Sauer crossing

Hi all

well I have visited the Diekirch museum in 2001 and in my opinion this is the best museum dealing with the Battle of the Bulge. In this museum there is big display of this event which took place Jan. 18, 1945. They even cooled down the room to give a more realistic feeling while watching the display.

Here is the link to the display.
http://www.nat-military-museum.lu/in...s-message.html

By the way the photo is great.

Jürg

[W Petz]

Juerg,

I must agree with you. I have not seen a better museum that does such realistic displays and dioramas. I donated alot of ground dug items, a MP44 (British Dewat) and much of my time on helping on some of the displays. It was fun and educational. - Bill

[MikeTD]

more about the Sauer river crossing, ... you can find here:

http://www.nat-military-museum.lu

"Museum Shop & PX"

kind regards
Mike

[reidmuller]

I can see the pics but assume there the ones of some guys from our unit doing in the rubber assult boat and some dutch reenacting americans engineers makeing an assult bridge
And the germans on the sight provided above are all in my unit
It was an excellent trip and i will never forget it

[Steve Sherlock]

Did the photo disappear?? I don't see it.

Steve