[WhiskeyPapa]

The 6th Armored was in the Battle of the Bulge. They were the first to break through the German lines with the 4th Armored following through their successes and getting all the credit and glory for it. Yes this is when the incidents I mentioned took place.

I've always had a special place in my heart for the 4th AD.

"Meanwhile, the three lead tanks kept going and at 1650 First Lieutenant Charles P. Boggess, commanding officer of Company C, 37th Tank Battalion , drove the first vehicle from the 4th Armored Division to within the lines of the 326th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 101st Division, of the Bastogne forces."

See this link:

http://www.army.mil/CMH-pg/books/wwii/Bastogne/bast-21.htm

Walt

[U S Army EOD]

The 6th got there first but did not break through to the 101st. Check out the history of the 6th Armored Division. You have to look several places on the web.

By the way, I have a picture of me about 6 years old sitting in the lap of Col. Abrams in Hersfield, Germany in about 1951 or so. COl Lovelady of Aachan fame, COl Abrams, COL Orth, Ltc LaGrew and others were all close friends of my father and my family. I still remember touring the Battle of the Bulge area at that time and the way my father was treated by the local civilians when they say his 6th Armored patch on his right shoulder.

COl Lovelady's wife and my mother were together in Louisana during the manuvers down there about the time of Pearl Harbor. They also went out to Palm Springs, CA for their desert traing together. I conversed with Mrs Lovelady about seven years ago about my mother and father at the time of my mothers death.

The 6th is going to have another get together later on this year in Louisville, KY and I plan to attend. My father was XO of the 15th Tank Bn, 6th Armored Div, GEN Grow was the CG.