Lets honor all the Americans who fought at Bastogne
Donald Burgett in his memoir of Bastogne "Seven Roads to Hell", says that when his company got to Bastogne all the American units there refused to share their rations with the 101st. That is except for the colored artillery unit.
The 333rd Field Artillery Battalion was over run at the start of the Battle of the Bulge. Most units retreated East leaving two batteries that covered the advance of American infantry. They suffered heavy casualties, including 11 men massacred at Wereth Belgium.
Those that survived were sent to Bastogne to help in the defense of that city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/333rd_Field_Artillery_Battalion_(United_States)
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2019/03/07/a-hidden-massacre-in-belgium/
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was 18 years old and just landed at the beaches in Normandy when news broke of the beginning of the Nazi offensive known as the Battle of the Bulge. He was also in the Battle of Aachen, the first German city taken by the allies and the seat of Charlemagne's reign.
The guys and gals of WWII, all of them, are truly the greatest generation.
My dad was in Panama and refused to consider himself in the same group as those men who saw combat.
