[Franek]

In ther middle of November 1944 my outfit the 99th division,a green outfit just out of the states. We were shipped to what they called the Ghost front,because it was a quiet area.
The day that we entered the Ardennes it was snowing and added the look of a winter wonderland. The snow clung to the branches of the pine trees. It was beautiful.
Being in a HDQS company we were billeted in homes
The line companies built dug outs,out of pine logs.they were heated with 50 gallon drums burning wood.Life was good.We dug potatoes from the abandoned farms,and made french fries.On occasion we shot a cow. Telling them that we thought it was a deer. We ate good. Even the Co. commader wanted some BBQ deer meat. LOL

My job was a line man.We supplied communicationstio the front lines back to HDQS. There was a little villiage called Lazareth.it was where our I&R platoon was.The most forward location on the line.Their job was to capture prisoners You could look across no mans land land see Germans hanging clothes outside of their block houses.
This was great. My partner and I decided to do some sniping.
The I&R guys came running out and chased us because we gave their position away Well ,so much for sniping.
On another occasion we came apon a rifle grenade..We never used one before,so we went into the woods,aimed it at a tree. And KABOOOM the tree and the forest was blown to hell.When we got back ,we saw no one they thought the Germans were coming.. We kept quiet about that.
Sorry My old eyes are giving out. If will continue if you want later