Benedetto was drafted into the United States Army in November 1944, during the final stages of World War II.[2][10] He did basic training at Fort Dix and Fort Robinson as part of becoming an infantry rifleman.[11] Benedetto ran afoul of a sergeant from the South who disliked the Italian from New York City and heavy doses of KP duty or BAR cleaning resulted.[11] Processed through the huge Le Havre replacement depot, in January 1945, he was assigned as a replacement infantryman to 255th Infantry Regiment of the 63rd Infantry Division, a unit filling in for the heavy losses suffered in the Battle of the Bulge.[12] He moved across France, and later, into Germany.[2] As March 1945 began, he joined the front line and what he would later describe as a "front-row seat in hell."[12]
So he wasn't actually in the Battle of the Bulge, but a sergeant was mean to him and he had KP had to clean rifles at Fort Dix. Pretty much the same thing.