[EternalVigilance]

What's left of Nuremberg.

[ex-snook]

42 Division 232nd Infantry cont’d

On The afternoon of April 22, the First Battalion overcame the stiff resistance in Bromback and raced south for the Altmuth River. It’s leading elements spotted a bridge intact in the vicinity of UnterAsback and sped across just in time to keep the Germans from blowing the bridge. This was the first crossing of the river made, and put the First Battalion, as the spearhead of the attack on Munich. The First Battalion crossed the river by dusk and occupied the high ground in the vicinity of Duttenheim the night of 22-23 April. The Second and Third Battalion marched all night and crossed the river about daylight, 23 April, with the Second Battalion closing into Meinheim and the Third Battalion closing into Dittenheim. The Regimental CP was located at Apsburg.

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Past Nurnberg now. I was in Apsburg as we were moving quickly toward Munich. Resistance had dwindled. There was no sign on any Nazi Redoubt.

[henkster]

It was difficult finding enough habitable living space to host the war crimes tribunal.