U.S. troops push to German border. First U.S.

U.S. troops push to German border. First U.S. Army soldiers, advancing under fire, push their way over a hill in Holland close to the German border. Heavy underbrush covers the hill, which the American troops took after liberating a Dutch village near Heerlen. Strong enemy counter-attacks were weakened by Allied bombers and U.S. tanks paving the way for the infantrymen, who overran a web of Nazi trenches concealed by underbrush.