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Franek · 05-05-2008, 08:58 PM

On the bottom of the hill,we were instructed to advance into the German staging area. Upon entering the woods, all that we saw was abanded equiptment dead bodies and horse drawn wagons with dead horses. Effectes from our artillery.We followed the tracks in the woods until we came to the road leading back to the Losheim Gap On the road there were abanded tanks, trucks etc. all in perfect shape,except they ran out of fuel. They counted on capturing American fuel supplies across the Meuse River. Failing to do this they retreated,until they ran out of fuel.
From here on back it was a cake walk. The Germans put up a little resisatance on the way back.By early February, we were back where it all started. I looked at our dugout. It was destroyed, from the inside for everything was blown outward. Probably a satchel charge. We advanced no further ,the weather was getting warmer,the snow was gone.Life was good again. We got hot food and new clothes.(SUMMER) Fatigue pants and a field jacket new shoes,socks and underwear Our dead and wounded were replaced and we got losds of new Ammo. Again we became a fighting unit.
Sometime in early march. We were called oin to join tghe Advance on Cologne(KOLN).
Unlike the Ardeness which were woods and hills. We found the plains of Cologne to be flat farm country dotted by small villiages. There was very little resistence.The villiagers hung white sheets out for a sign that they surrendered.When there was any resistence we were ordered to halt in place. Our armor moved forward along with airstrikes and blew the place apart. It was not long before they came out waving white flags.We liberated a lort of displaced people that were sent to work on German farms. We reached to where we could see the church towers in Coilogne. there we stopped. It was March the 7th, when word came down that the 9th armored division was fighting to take the last remaining bridge over the Rhine. Since we were so close we were sent in. In my entire Cologne campaign. I never fired my rifle.It was a cake walk.
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05-05-2008, 08:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
Franek WW2 Veteran Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 112	Back to where it all began On the bottom of the hill,we were instructed to advance into the German staging area. Upon entering the woods, all that we saw was abanded equiptment dead bodies and horse drawn wagons with dead horses. Effectes from our artillery.We followed the tracks in the woods until we came to the road leading back to the Losheim Gap On the road there were abanded tanks, trucks etc. all in perfect shape,except they ran out of fuel. They counted on capturing American fuel supplies across the Meuse River. Failing to do this they retreated,until they ran out of fuel. From here on back it was a cake walk. The Germans put up a little resisatance on the way back.By early February, we were back where it all started. I looked at our dugout. It was destroyed, from the inside for everything was blown outward. Probably a satchel charge. We advanced no further ,the weather was getting warmer,the snow was gone.Life was good again. We got hot food and new clothes.(SUMMER) Fatigue pants and a field jacket new shoes,socks and underwear Our dead and wounded were replaced and we got losds of new Ammo. Again we became a fighting unit. Sometime in early march. We were called oin to join tghe Advance on Cologne(KOLN). Unlike the Ardeness which were woods and hills. We found the plains of Cologne to be flat farm country dotted by small villiages. There was very little resistence.The villiagers hung white sheets out for a sign that they surrendered.When there was any resistence we were ordered to halt in place. Our armor moved forward along with airstrikes and blew the place apart. It was not long before they came out waving white flags.We liberated a lort of displaced people that were sent to work on German farms. We reached to where we could see the church towers in Coilogne. there we stopped. It was March the 7th, when word came down that the 9th armored division was fighting to take the last remaining bridge over the Rhine. Since we were so close we were sent in. In my entire Cologne campaign. I never fired my rifle.It was a cake walk. NEXT REMAGAN