My husband’s Uncle was there. He told family members that he was never so cold in his life and hoped he would never be cold again.
A guy I served with in Iraq has a grandfather who was an Ardennes veteran. To this day he won’t even have ice in his drinks. He said his grandfather told him, “You can’t know how miserable we were out there.”
Interestingly, his grandfather also told him that he’d rather fight a WWII-style war than what we fought in Iraq any day of the week. The IEDs and all that sucked, but I’d take that over artillery barrages and armored charges any day of the week.
“My husband’s Uncle was there. He told family members that he was never so cold in his life and hoped he would never be cold again.”
Heard the same thing from a vet I used to work with years ago. He was at the Battle of the Bulge. He and two fellows got separated from thier company during battle. He said all they had to eat for three days was an onion and damned near froze to death (on top of being shot at). He said that was the coldest he’d ever been.
“My husband’s Uncle was there. He told family members that he was never so cold in his life and hoped he would never be cold again.”
Heard the same thing from a vet I used to work with years ago. He was at the Battle of the Bulge. He and two fellows got separated from thier company during battle. He said all they had to eat for three days was an onion and damned near froze to death (on top of being shot at). He said that was the coldest he’d ever been.