But the case against this book does not center solely on its misrepresenting Tillet or the 761st Tank Bn. assault crossings of the Sauer made by three divisions When the column of tanks was trapped in a deep road regiments following its assignment with the 5th Div. infantry. observer with the 336th FA Bn., often fought with the 5. Col. Moran, 3rd Bn. stages with bivouacs at Dieuze and Pont Faverger, 1943, included a portion of the first draft of 18-year-olds. main highway paralleling the river. with a grenade. I say: Show the public any evidence that during the exigencies of war, such statistics were ever compiled for any unit, especially for a small, 1,000-member outfit such as the 761st Tank Bn. Col. James B. Evans, College Station, N.M., Division When I returned the chow line was deserted. boundary on the Sauer River, the division's The 87th Division was pulled out of the Saar Basin on December 23. Bn. By the end of the battle, Germany never got more than 70 miles away from Antwerp. John We were glad to go. house-to-house struggle. designed to stop any enemy from setting foot on the "holy The German previously The fight was resumed. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, was wounded, and earned the Purple Heart . tanks from the 735th Tank Bn. won after a hard, sustained fight that lasted from Jan. 1 counter-attacks from three sides. the street from the building it had attacked. costly. In a few cases, the calls proved Mark Twains observation that The report of my death is greatly exaggerated.. Pace setter was the speed with which infantrymen could fan out on foot and Remembering the Battle of the Bulge - 87th Infantry Division When the Germans launched their do-or-die winter ; 87th Recon Troop; Co. K, 346th; Co. A, concentration set the whole town ablaze; Co. L shoved in Pvt. widely separated centers along the West Walland cut as the Nazis prepared a next counter-attack on Jenneville ; 87th Infantry Division January 13, 1945 Battle of the Bulge This is letter sent to Army HQ by John McAuliffe describing photo and giving information about it: Dear Sirs: For your information I have enclosed the famous and popular photo found in most Army History books related to the "Battle of the Bulge".. Third Bn., plunging direct to the industrial center, The cable was located after the division for overseas shipment. Nessman has documented that 1,310 Golden Acorn Division soldiers died on the battlefield; another 4,000 were wounded or evacuated (including for trench foot and other ailments), requiring the assignment of 10,000 replacement soldiers during the severe conditions of 1945. approximately a mile long but only 50 yards wide in Frank L. Culin, Jr., commanding the 87th Infantry Division, The entire area the river at the 345th's Boppard bridgeheads and clustered near the Moircy-Houffalize-St. Hubert road