Posted on 11/11/2024 2:05:58 PM PST by Retain Mike
My dad was Army Air Force in England and then in Europe during what had been called the coldest winter on record
At the ‘Bulge’, he said it wasn’t possible to dig fox holes and they had to use ‘vacated’ fox holes or else toss a grenade to make one for themselves. They had been trasported there in a hurry, from Belgium, and didn’t have proper winter gear.
Many, many sad stories
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