German family awaits American advance. A German family stands at the roadside during the Advance of U.S.

German family awaits American advance. A German family stands at the roadside during the Advance of U.S. troops of Hellenthal, west of the Manschau Forest and south of the important Siegfried Line town of Schleiden, in Germany. Most civilian families in the town fled with the German army as the Americans advanced toward the Roer River dams.