He was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the war in occupying Austria.
77 years now...
Among our Bravest generation. God bless them
“German soldiers willing to be taken prisoner and shipped out to the comfort and protection of one of 511 POW camps in America”
I recall watching an interview with a German soldier who got sent to a POW camp in Texas and he knew the Allies and the Americans were going to win the war when he as a POW ate better than he did before he was captured or surrendered.
People should have been relieved of their command over this fight.
Amen.
Was expecting a ‘tale’ from “Deep in the Hurtgen Forest” poster ...
Bttt.
5.56mm
Tell us of your exploits, that day.....
To everyone else: This is someone who actually was THERE, in the Hurtgen Forest, during that troubled Thanksgiving Day.
Pay your tributes to this hero!
Anyone remember DITHF?
The author says the 90 day Battle of Hurtgen Forest was little known. It was well known to me from a very early age. It was the battle seared in the memory of my late Dad and so many others of that time. The air bursts of artillery were the worst part for those who were there I was told. Trees shattered and splinters flew like spears as the eerily quite forest exploded without warning.
This Christmas season thousands of our troops face the end of careers unfinished, dreams of lifetimes ripped away, lives turned over and some will likely leave with nothing or very little of what they have earned even so close to the finish of careers served with not only honor but distinction. They will have been banished and shamed because they have stood on principle against a stupid, unnecessary jab that can’t even be called a vaccine.
They will need lots of help and encouragement to defeat the demons of doubt and criticism, self-deprecation and feelings of failure for their action that I think is one of continuing to serve to protect our Liberty. They have done so by not giving in to tyranny.
Don’t just remember them in your prayers, tell them you are proud of them and do what you can to help them pull their lives back together.
I have visited the Hurtgen Forest and understand how it could be so nightmarish in the attack. Much of the ground is made of thin tiles of oil shale that get very slick when wet, and mortars and artillery shells were exploding in the treetops, resulting in deadly splinters raining down.
At the top of the mountain, the Germans were in strong defensive positions, and fighting uphill could indeed cost days for inches of gains. All in great cold and in the densest fog Europe had seen in over a hundred years.
The obvious problem was getting bogged down in a dense forest that limited not only air support, but artillery and armored support as well. Another issue with the attack was that there was not a coordinated effort north and south of the forest to isolate the Germans inside and cut off reinforcements.