Verenigde Staten. U.S. troops follow snowy path of advance. U.S.

Verenigde Staten. U.S. troops follow snowy path of advance. U.S. soldiers advance single file over frozen terrain near the Belgian-Luxembourg border in a drive hurl back the Nazi's who launched a counterattack December 16, 1944. Troops of the Third U.S. Army who plunged north from the Saar front met the enemy 13 miles north of Luxembourg, and drove back the Nazis 16 miles in three days. By December 30, the American army was surging ahead on a 40-mile front in the Ardennes Forest against the southern flank of the German spearhead.