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Dec 16th began the Battle of the Bulge.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 11:15 am
Posted on 12/16/20 at 11:15 am
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Posted on 12/16/20 at 11:23 am to WWII Collector
Might have to fire up BoB tonight. The Bulge scene never gets old
Posted on 12/16/20 at 11:31 am to WWII Collector
My Grandpa was there. I never met him but folks who knew him said he was one of the toughest people they knew until it got cold. He would barely go outside once winter hit. Said he came back from the war like that.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 11:37 am to Loup
Living like this for any amount of time would do that to a man
Posted on 12/16/20 at 11:39 am to Loup
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he was one of the toughest people they knew
all of those kids were some tough mofos
Posted on 12/16/20 at 11:43 am to VolsOut4Harambe
I always do a double take when Fallon makes a brief cameo in one of the Bulge episodes of BoB.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 11:47 am to Loup
My grandfather had his memoirs published of his time in the European theater including the Bulge.
One thing he mentioned is that it was so cold that some bodies (US and German) got frozen into position in the foxholes and had to be winched out.
He also had to take cover in a German foxhole around Geronsweiler for shelling and someone started calling for a medic afterward screaming that he (my grandfather) had been hit. He popped his head out and said he was fine then noticed that the foxhole had taken a direct hit without him getting hurt at all.
One thing he mentioned is that it was so cold that some bodies (US and German) got frozen into position in the foxholes and had to be winched out.
He also had to take cover in a German foxhole around Geronsweiler for shelling and someone started calling for a medic afterward screaming that he (my grandfather) had been hit. He popped his head out and said he was fine then noticed that the foxhole had taken a direct hit without him getting hurt at all.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 11:50 am to WWII Collector
My Grandfather was there. Wouldn't say much about it, but said he got so exhausted one night, he fell asleep standing up, leaning against a tree.
After my Grandmother passed this summer, we found a box of letters in her closet that he wrote her during the war, including from the Bulge. In one of the letters, he even told my grandmother to forget she ever knew him. I don't think he ever expected to make it home. Pretty amazing stuff.
After my Grandmother passed this summer, we found a box of letters in her closet that he wrote her during the war, including from the Bulge. In one of the letters, he even told my grandmother to forget she ever knew him. I don't think he ever expected to make it home. Pretty amazing stuff.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 11:50 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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Might have to fire up BoB tonight.
Them swearing that they didn't need saving from Patton cracks me up every time.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 11:58 am to WWII Collector
My uncle got one of his purple hearts there. He took some shrapnel and got sent back to the aid station. The wound saved his life, as the three others in his position were all killed. None of them were yet 20 years old.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 12:07 pm to WWII Collector
Posted on 12/16/20 at 12:12 pm to PhantomMenace
PawPaw received a Purple Heart there also. Told me he kept marching past big arse piles of snow, till he realized it was piles of dead bodies. Believe a priest even read them the last rites, as they didn't expect to get out alive 
Posted on 12/16/20 at 12:15 pm to teke184
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One thing he mentioned is that it was so cold that some bodies (US and German) got frozen into position in the foxholes and had to be winched out.
I had an uncle who was in Graves Registration. I remember him once saying that after the Germans were pushed back and they went in to tend to the dead, that they dealt with bodies that hadn't decomposed hardly at all. A lot of bodies frozen solid that looked like they might have just been killed, but had actually been killed weeks before.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 12:20 pm to WWII Collector
My grandpa was in the pacific but one of his brothers went through DDay and then got to fight in the Battle of the Bulge as well
Tough
Tough
Posted on 12/16/20 at 12:20 pm to teke184
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My grandfather had his memoirs published of his time in the European theater including the Bulge.
What is the title? Was is widely published and able to be found on Amazon? I’d like to read it.
Salute all of your pawpaws, uncles, and the other old cusses that were in the Bulge.
This post was edited on 12/16/20 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 12/16/20 at 12:43 pm to TheFonz
It is on the web.
Go here for memoirs
Link is not coming up in my Duck Duck Go browser but comes up with a warning in Safari.
It was also published in the 102nd Division “Ozark Notes” in Oct/Dec 1994.
Go here for memoirs
Link is not coming up in my Duck Duck Go browser but comes up with a warning in Safari.
It was also published in the 102nd Division “Ozark Notes” in Oct/Dec 1994.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 12:47 pm to Loup
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My Grandpa was there. I never met him but folks who knew him said he was one of the toughest people they knew until it got cold. He would barely go outside once winter hit. Said he came back from the war like that.
two of my great-uncles (on my dads side) were there. one artillery man then other a tank commander....
Posted on 12/16/20 at 1:10 pm to WWII Collector
My great uncle was an officer in the 101st. Near Bastogne, he was seriously wounded in a firefight by a larger caliber German rifle shell, being shot in the jaw area. Apparently dead, he was put on the back of a truck with the dead US soldiers. A couple of his men, grieving at his “death”, went to pay last respects over his body and luckily he moved or groaned and they realized that he was alive. He survived, had major facial reconstruction and lived until 2001. A tough American hero.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 1:11 pm to AA77
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I always do a double take when Fallon makes a brief cameo in one of the Bulge episodes of BoB.
I'm always amazed he made that entire scene without laughing
Posted on 12/16/20 at 1:15 pm to upgrayedd
quote:You don't know how many takes it required
I'm always amazed he made that entire scene without laughing
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