64 Years ago

[Mike S]

It was this cold..

And some of the finest soldiers ever to walk this earth were persevering.

Let us not forget on this snowy night.

 

[RichM]

+1 Nice pic, great remembrance!

 

[Yelena]

Thank you for sharing.

Years ago a friend, who was seraching for the artifacts from WWII, gave me two items he found: a Russian bayonet and a German helmet with a bullet hole in it. When my Dad and me began to wash this helmet, we found fragments of bones inside.
We were extremely impressed.

 

[Len-2A Training]

Indeed, my Dad was there.

 

[Plural of Mongoose]

My grandfather was there with the 2nd Infantry division.

He was the BAR man in his squad.
He used to point at the red arrows on the battle maps and say "see this arrow? I was the tip of it."
That was about all he had to say....

 

[Mikey]

I was at the range yesterday shooting a friends M1 Garand in the cold and snow, makes you wonder how those guys did it back then.

 

[Blitz1]

Wow, how did they do it?

Great post thank you.

 

[DMW]

Mongoose -

My father was in that same division!

He came home with a Nazi SS Mauser (SS stamped in the frame), a camera, and a pair of binoculars that he received from an SS officer who would not be using them anymore....

 

[pernox]

Thank you, soldiers.