Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
Otto von Bismarck
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We continued the fighting East and South of Luxembourg. Approximately the second week of December my entire tank battalion of 54 Sherman tanks was alerted to pull back, traveling some 42 hours West up to Saarbrucken and Metz, and then participated in the Battle of the Bulge in that country.
Subsequently General Patton started for Berlin, Germany knowing full well that SHAEF gave permission for the Russian army to enter Berlin first. His command was “F&#k the Russians. WE are going into Berlin!” We kept going until our fuel was completely used up.