| Foot note
Owen;
The pictures of Losheim are exactly as I remember them. We lived like moles under ground. But it worked.
Before I move this thread to your Remagan thread. I want to explain that the Battle iof the Bulge was much bigger than I described above. North of us at Monchau was the 2nd. division. The 99th owes them a lot. South of us was the green 106th. aqt St. Vith.They were destroyed. Then there was Bastogne,Stavelot,The 101, the 82nd and many more. Plus the American engineers. God bless them.This was a very cold winter.The ground was always covered with snow. Trench foot was a big problem. Our regular GI shoes were no match for the weather. Our feet got wet and we suffered gangerine that resulted in removal of toes,and in some cases feet.We were told to wash our feet and wear dry socks. I did. I never had a problem. Later on we werei issued boots with the feet encased in rubber and upper leather. That cured the problem.
The rear line had problems too.The Germans dropped American speaking Germans in American uniforms in our rear. They disrupped traffic and caused other problems until they were caught.
I thought that his should me mentioned bbefore I moved into your thread at Remagan.
On to your Remagan thread |