The FReeper Foxhole Revisits Operation Nordwind - Dec. 31st, 2006

http://www.ehistory.com/world/library/books/wwii/army/bulge/0035.cfm ^

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Wasn't that Task Force Herran? All of the outfits that fought in Nordwind fought like tigers . I used to like in Alsace when i was a kid and I have to say, it was obvious that what was not blasted in WW1 took the rest 1n 1944-45.

Nice to know someone who stopped them. Thanks

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Anytime. We appreciate your first hand knowledge and insight.

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((HUGS)). We are out working on a fence this morning. The darn dogs have learned to get out of the temporary 4 ft. farm fence so we've started working on the 5 ft permanant fence, earlier than we wanted to but it will free us up from having to watch them every second and with flashlights at night!

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Thank you Mayor.

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Our Sarge's full name is "Sarge, you pain in the butt!" :-)

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Thanks Don for your kind words. Happy New Year to you, too.

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Thank you for sharing and thanks to your father and you for your service.

[stand watie]

HI, snippy!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

free dixie,sw

[ex-snook]

"Wasn't that Task Force Herren?"

TF Herren and TF Linden were there. TF Herren was on our left flank in December 1944. They were a part of another Division as we were. During the Nazi January offensive we were relieving each other in different areas. I think elements of each were swapped back and forth. We were finally relieved from the front on January 26 by the 377th Regiment of the 101st Airborne.

On January 30 we went to France to reorganize, get replacements, fix ordnance, zeroing weapons,etc. 28 men received battlefield promotions. A litle R&R [I had a pass to Paree where I got tickets from the Red Cross to the Follies Bergere to see their braless 'Rockettes' - business as usual in Paris].

[Professional Engineer]

Thanks Snippy.

I had always "known" the Bulge was Germany's last hurrah.

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Just started pouring down here with thunder. We're comfy inside.

Happy New Year.

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Thanks alfa6.

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Good article here about Devers and Ike.

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Happy New Year!

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I've been reading all Sam's books about it. He has hundreds, perhaps a thousand plus books. 95% of them are military history. I'm concentrating on this specific period. All the individual battles that took place, from D-Day to the Ardennes. Very amazing stuff.

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Our Sarge's full name is "Sarge, you pain in the butt!" :-)

Reminds of watching the Olympics one year in college. We were in the housemothers room and the Horsey events were on. One of my fellow Resident Assistants was a horse trainer when not going to school and he informed us, in a very serious voice, that the horses actually had two names. One was the shown name, i.e. Sir Gallahad IV. The other was "you dumb s**-of-B****" :-)

BTW, are you burying part of the fence? So the dogs can't dig out!!!

Regards and Happy New Year

alfa6 ;>}

[Samwise]

LOL. He has the same last name as Hobbit Lass's dog Lucky.

[PAR35]

Nothing to add; just checking in.

Frohes Neues Jahr.

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Thanks for checking in. Happy New Year.

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LOL. aka boogerhead!