Now and Then (1944 and 2007)
-Liberation of Noorbeek- |
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'Then' taken on: 12 and 13 September 1944
'Now' taken on: 7 November 2007
Location of all pictures in Google Earth
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| Location: "Onderstraat". Truck (Anti-Aircraft Artillery) entering Noorbeek from the South-West side. | ||
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| Location: "Pley". Jeep crossing the main square in Noorbeek (d'r Pley). | ||
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| Location: "Dorpstraat". Jeep driving near the ex monastery of Noorbeek. At the left a Dutch Police motorcycle. | ||
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| Location: "Dorpstraat". Note: check the markings on the jeep's bumper standing for the XIX (19th) Corps Hq | ||
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| Location: "Dorpstraat". US M10 Wolverine Tank-Destroyer heading towards the North-East side of the village. | ||
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| Location: "Dorpstraat". M10 Tank-Destroyer (803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion) next to old pension "De Kroon". The building next to that is the former city hall of Noorbeek. | ||
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| Location: "Bovenstraat". US soldiers with Noorbeek citizens. Note: The building at the background was broken down and new buildings where placed instead. | ||
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| Location: "Bovenstraat". US privates in the then less populated streets of the village. | ||
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| Location: "Bovenstraat". Sherman tank (743th Tank Battalion) passing the last house of the village and heading North-East towards Terlinden and Hoogcruts. | ||
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| Location: "Pley". Picture taken at 10.15 AM (est. 13 Sept. 1944) with at the back the St. Brigida church and chapel. In the front a WC-63 Truck, Cargo, 1 1/2 ton, 6x6 Dodge (G507) with a British (M1 57mm) 6 pounder cannon behind it. | ||