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Franek · 10-05-2008, 03:39 PM

Jeff;
I got your message. I think that I know what you are looking for. But I feel a little guilty about talking about my own experiences when there are so many more out there other than mine. The other things that I added all pertained to the Battle of the Bulge. This was the humor that we had, and the weapons that we faced.
Let me talk about battle fatigue. I myself had a touch of it. After making my escape from the German tank and infantry. I was fine. When I was transported by ambulance to Malmedy,and realizing how close I came to dying. I started to shake uncontrolaby. I could not stop. It lasted about ten minutes then it stopped. It never happened to me again.
Upon arrival at the Field hospital. I noticed an Oriental kid with his groin blown away. Jeeez, there was nothing there. There were guys in there with no wounds, but they were like Zombies. They just stared. That I believe was battle fatigue or shell schock, or just plain fear. The only other time that I saw this,was when the Germans retreated back to Germany. The Schnee Eiffel was heavily wooded. On one occasion they made a stand. We jumped for cover and fired back. But there was one guy that cowered and would not fire back He just hid.
That was my only experience with battle fatigue.

10-05-2008, 03:39 PM	#54 (permalink)
Franek WW2 Veteran Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 122	Battle of the bulge. Jeff; I got your message. I think that I know what you are looking for. But I feel a little guilty about talking about my own experiences when there are so many more out there other than mine. The other things that I added all pertained to the Battle of the Bulge. This was the humor that we had, and the weapons that we faced. Let me talk about battle fatigue. I myself had a touch of it. After making my escape from the German tank and infantry. I was fine. When I was transported by ambulance to Malmedy,and realizing how close I came to dying. I started to shake uncontrolaby. I could not stop. It lasted about ten minutes then it stopped. It never happened to me again. Upon arrival at the Field hospital. I noticed an Oriental kid with his groin blown away. Jeeez, there was nothing there. There were guys in there with no wounds, but they were like Zombies. They just stared. That I believe was battle fatigue or shell schock, or just plain fear. The only other time that I saw this,was when the Germans retreated back to Germany. The Schnee Eiffel was heavily wooded. On one occasion they made a stand. We jumped for cover and fired back. But there was one guy that cowered and would not fire back He just hid. That was my only experience with battle fatigue.