[Darksheare]

That sounds somehow... like a parody?
The fighting was worse after they were recontacted?

I'm afraid I didn't pay too much attention to my grandfather's accounts of the war. He was fond of making it sound oddly humorous. (He had a more twisted sense of humor than I.)
He stated that he had a knife once, we had been talking about the bayonet I was issued and the fact that the point broke off while opening an MRE, and that he'd given it to a German. Well, we'd never heard that he'd been friends with a German so we asked him what the German said when he'd given the guy his knife.
Grandpa goes, "He said 'AAuuuuugh.'"
That's a sample of what talking to him about his experiences was like.

[SAMWolf]

Aafter Bastogne was relieved, the German followup troops stepped up their attacks to take the town.

At first it was able to be bypassed, but later it was needed to open up the road net and to free up the investing troops. It was a real thorn in the Germans side.

[MistyCA]

LOL. Grandpa sounds like a character. :)

[SpookBrat]

ROFL!

"so we asked him what the German said when he'd given the guy his knife. Grandpa goes, "He said 'AAuuuuugh.'"

I'm reading the thread now. Your grandpa has both my husband and myself laughing here. LOL