Don't know how to put a copy of my post from Jochen Peiper here so I'll refer to it and the comment made by LT Bouck, commander of 394th I&R...
Just finished reading The Longest Winter by Kershaw, outstanding story of the 18-member 394th I&R platoon that impedes and delays Peiper's attack...
Thanks for the info...I am family practice doc and I have a patient who was one of the "bastards" of Bastogne and he told me it wasn't very...
Just curious how widely used was the American grease gun in WWII...not a gun expert by no means. I believe it was supposed to be an update to the...
Was curious as to if anybody knows how much German soldiers and SS soldiers were paid during WWII and if there were differences in pay between...
The thing that has always puzzled me is how tenaciously and diehard the Germans and SS were in 1944 and 1945 after any reasonably thinking soldier...
Thanks Martin....I did a search and read the threads....so it seems there is no straight forward answer to this character and I'm not alone in...
Just finished reading The Devil's Advocate by Michael Reynolds and have read sections of Patrick Agte's Joachim Peiper (photos here are great and...
I understand theory of evolution and despite the conflict with creationism I believe there is soundness to the argument however if evolution leads...
Yes, unqualified hate for an ethnic group is a difficult thing to explain and I suspect it is an unnatural emotion...one that needs to be taught...
Thanks to all who have served before me.......Thanks for family, friends, health, prosperity, and freedom......Humble in USA......Retired LTC US ARMY
Welcome Melissa.... I too am scientist primarily but avid history affectionado as hobby....My suggestion would be to find DD 214 for your...
RE: SOME THOUGHTS ON THE HOLOCAUST I think the Nazi years and subsequent Holocaust are a chilling chapter in the vulnerability of the human...
I have read conspiracy theories that Himmler deliberately withheld or delayed medical care that could have possibly saved Heydric and that Himmler...
Just watched Schindler's List...powerful heart-rending story...having a young daughter, it tore my heart seeing the little girl in red walking the...
Hello Steve from a fellow Ohioan Army Records used to be stored in St. Louis but there was a big fire I believe in 1973 that destroyed many..as...