Maison de tourisme de Bastogne - Tourism

Description

On 22 December, following a heavy snowfall, Major John D. Hanlon, commanding the 1st Battalion of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, asked the villagers for white sheets to camouflage his men and vehicles. After the war, in February 1948, the Major returned to the village to officially present replacement sheets to the population from the people of his hometown, Winchester. In the course of a remembrance ceremony, he was made an honorary citizen by the local authorities. The village of Hemroulle was never occupied by German troops. (text source by Guy Blockmans/OPT)