To: quadrant
The 28th Infantry Division (PA Nat’l Guard) was 1 of those units that got steamrolled at the outset of the Battle of the Bulge. They were refitting & getting replacements after the Battle of Huertgen Forest (which was still going on, I believe). They were a battered mix of veterans & green replacements when the hammer fell.
13 posted on
12/14/2008 8:50:46 AM PST by
Tallguy
("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
To: Tallguy
As I said, no reflection on very brace soldiers, but the Battle of Huertgen Forest would make a veteran out of anyone. Most combat units area mixture of veterans and green replacements.
15 posted on
12/14/2008 8:23:53 PM PST by
quadrant
(1o)
To: Tallguy
My dad’s cousin Victor J. Mangin was a veteran with 28th infantry (110th infantry regiment). He was killed on 12/20/1944 and is buried in Belgium.
17 posted on
12/17/2008 12:39:34 PM PST by
wordsofearnest
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