Voices of the Bulge by Michael Collins & Martin King

Author:Michael Collins & Martin King
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zenith Press
Published: 2011-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Members of the 101st Airborne Division walk past dead comrades, killed during the Christmas Eve bombing. The water tower was demolished after the siege. After the siege was lifted, fighting actually intensified as more German units were dispatched to the Bastogne area.

William W. Fee: We [55th Armored Infantry Battalion, 11th Armored Division] left Rennes early in the morning. Wahoo always came piling in at the last moment, and this time we almost lost him. He always occupied one of the two rear seats so he could see everything. As we rode along, he used to yell back to Pete Valdez, in Staff Sergeant Torok’s mortar squad, which followed us, “Hey, Pedro.” Pete would answer, “Whadaya want, Chief?” knowing that Wahoo would reply, “Nothin’. Just checkin’ up on my list.” When we stopped for a K ration at noon, Wahoo was so dirty that Pete yelled at him, “Hey, Chief, smile so I can see you.” And so it went as we rolled along.

We stopped at Le Mans, almost halfway to Paris. We were in a dark, bushy area, and we had to use the squad’s machete to clear spaces for our pup tents. We heard Lieutenant Fagan giving instructions to the squad leaders: This would be the last night without guard duty and the next-to-last night for fires. The .50-caliber MGs would be half loaded. We were issued armor-piercing rifle ammo and put mines on the rack on the outside of the halftrack. As usual, Magelli checked the guys in the chow line to be sure they were wearing a helmet and carrying a weapon. Connie Rienstra and Douglas Black illuminated their tent with the light that was connected to the track’s battery by a long wire.

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