Please note that during the discussion that follows this original post it was discovered by Ixion and Stikpusher that my photograph was actually a location 14 km from Bastogne instead of near the town of St. Vith. Ixion has provided a link to the actual location which will allow you to look around the intersection at a mix of newer and original buildings that existed in December 1944.
I‘ve started assembly of three models I intend to use in a diorama called ‘Road to St. Vith’. The event in history occurred on or about 16 to 19 December 1944, see Warfare History link below: I’m looking for clarification on who is in the Jeeps.
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/the-battle-of-the-bulge-the-defense-of-st-vith/
Fact checking: It sounds like the men in Jeeps along the road to St. Vith were U.S. Army liaison officers rather than military police? My understanding is that during the Battle of the Bulge military police were normally directing traffic and provided some reconnaissance, so to have liaison officers on the road instead of enlisted personnel would be unusual.
A Sherman tank of the 9th Armored Division heads into action against the advancing Germans during the Battle of the Bulge.
“The 424th Infantry had its back to the Our River, and if the Germans seized the bridge at Steinebruck and spread along the far bank his regiment would be hard pressed to effectively withdraw. Communications with division headquarters in St. Vith were limited to liaison officers running along a road now being shelled by the Germans.”