The story of the 30th Infantry Division, nickname Old Hickory.
Flashback to scenes of WWI. Artillery firing, Troops charging out of trenches, over the top, and across battlefield approximately 30-seconds total.
Training for combat in WWII. After training it was on board a troop ship bound for England. The 30th division hit the Normandy beachhead on D +3. Combat footage of the 30th fighting through the hedgerows in France. Designated as the lead unit in Operation Corba, to spearhead the breakthrough at St. Lo.
After the battle of Mortain the 30th stated the rat-race across northern France. First Allied troops to enter Belgium. The 30th enters German and faced the Siegfried Line or the Westwall. There job was to make a break through of the West Wall defenses. Capture of Aachen.
Scenes from the Battle of The Bulge the the major German offensive on the Western Front. 3-second clip of Von Rundstedt with other German officers looking at map, scenes of the elite SS troops and tanks moving into position, and German bombers pounding the Allied lines prior to the Ardennes offensive. Malmedy Massacre. Shows the bodies of American Troops executed by German captors.
Shows surrender of German troops being marched with raised hands. The 30th crosses the Rhine River, into Magdeburg, and a meeting with the Russians at the Elbe River. Shows the 30th on the way home aboard a troop ship. Shows the Infantry's full field pack. This Division was also called Roosevelt's SS Troops.
