I always mention my friend, he like me being Airborne because when he was a tanker at the Bulge and his tank was destroyed and he was hiding down in the mud underneath it with only his 45 and with 3 bullets left, paratroopers rescued him.
Even all the years later when I knew him you could still hear the sincerity in his voice about the situation he was in, and how grateful he was to have friendlies show up clearing the battlefield.
My wife’s grandfather was in the Bulge. He brought home a GEW 8mm German Mauser rifle that he took off of a German soldier that he killed as a war trophy. I now deer hunt with that rifle and its an accurate shooter that has taken many white tailed deer here in Michigan.