GRAND-DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG

Marche 2009



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U.S. relics       




U.S. 4,2 INCH white phosphorus (WP) shell, found September 2004.


U.S. 76mm armor-piercing/high explosive (APHE) antitank shell, found September 2004.

U.S. 60mm M49A2 (high explosive) HE mortar shell, found July 2000.

 
U.S. Mk II hand grenade, found April 2005.

 
U.S. bayonet scabbard, found June 2005.

 
U.S. “K-ration” type soluble coffee package, found June 2005.

Part of a U.S. entrenching tool/ infantry shovel M-1943, found October 2005.

 
U.S. Mk II hand grenade, found October 2005.

 
U.S. Rifle Grenade M22 white phosphorus (WP) and U.S. 2.36 INCH antitank rocket M6A1, found September 2004.

 
“Clover leaves” – closing holders for 3 U.S. 155mm howitzer propelling charge containers.

 
Part of an U.S. 60mm illuminating Mortar shell M83A3, found March 2004.

U.S. cal. 30.06 rifle ammunition rounds, found November 2005.

2 genuine pre-1945 Diekirch beer bottles found in a U.S. foxhole,
August 2005.

U.S. 60mm M49A2 (high explosive) HE mortar shell, found January 2005.

 
Tail fin end of U.S. 60 mm illuminating mortar shell M83A3, found June 2004.

 
U.S. trip flare M2, found June 2004.

 
Another U.S. MkII fragmentation handgrenade, found April 2006.

 
U.S. BAR ( Browning Automatic Rifle ) magazine, still filled with cal. 30.06 rounds, found April 2006.




On the edge of the woods, we recently discovered the remains of three U.S. machine gun positions, each littered with hundreds of spent cal. 30.06 cases.
The distance between each emplacement was approximately 15 meters.



 
Tons of spent cal 30.06 cases discovered, April 2006.

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