My dad had a story of his time on the edge of the Bulge. He was near the Colmar Pocket I believe it was called.
He was standing in a long chow line one day and as it wound past a truck that was parked in the area a few dozen yards from the chow line, some guys in line lifted the back flap to see what was in the truck. It was stacked with bodies of GIs. My dad said, “like cord wood…” and his voice would trail off as he repeated that.
A friend at work brought in some pictures from his fathers service days. One picture was taken shortly after the battle ended. He was there. Took the picture. Wrote on the picture “It ended here” with a line and arrow. The exact spot where the Germans where stopped. Pretty amazing to see.