Good post. I do hope justice gets done.
If you’re interested in more such:
This blog has gone dark, but you might be able to reach the site owner if interested.
http://www.thedonovan.com/
A few years ago, he had a post up about some privately owned memorials to fallen US soldiers in the Bastogne area. These memorials were built by civilian families in that area commemorating American soldiers who, singly or in small groups, continued to fight to the death after their units had been over run by the initial German advance that made “the bulge”.
There were stories told by either direct witnesses or descendants of same about American soldiers waging a hopeless solo war in hit and run attacks on the Germans over a period of days.
These memorials are highly valued by the families that “own” them and have been fought over in divorce proceedings and such like.
Imo, ever one of those Americans so commemorated were definitions of “above and beyond the call of duty”.
Thanks!
Joachim Peiper of the Waffen SS referred to “those damned engineers” who stopped the German advance by knotting them at various crossroads and bridges (France had no highway system to speak of, at least not in most of the countryside), delaying the Antwerp offensive (already a long throw of the dice) until there was no chance of success.
Nice work, men.