by John McAuliffe | 16 Jul 2005 | Commentary
Little Luxembourg, a country no larger than the state of Rhode island produced a gracious hostess and a friend of the GI soldier with a heart as big as the state of Texas.
by Max Whitaker | 13 Nov 2004 | Commentary
The first thing I noticed was the odor. It reminded me of the Kuhner Packing Company’s waste being burned in my hometown of Muncie, Indiana. It was a warm morning in April, 1945 — calm and peaceful — unlike the grueling conditions we had recently left behind in Belgium and Luxembourg.
by Mitch Kaidy | 14 May 2004 | Commentary
Jostling rifles and carbines, some with hand grenades dangling from field jackets or overcoats, the helmeted and unshaven troopers advanced slowly in a seemingly static line. It took time to get paid in the local currency, and, as they received their paper bills and...
by Mitch Kaidy | 28 Jul 2003 | Commentary
There can be no dissent about the starting date of the Battle of the Bulge. Early on December 16, 1944, German armies jumping off from Germany smashed through American lines from both the ground and air, across Luxembourg and into Belgium. But read a dozen books, plus...
by Mitch Kaidy | 21 Jun 2003 | Commentary
They were bombed at Pearl Harbor, survived D-Day, shivered in the bloodstained snow at the Battle of The Bulge, sweated in the Vietnamese jungles. They are special, a breed apart. They are U.S. servicemen who served in combat. To save their country, they risked death...
by Mitch Kaidy | 22 Mar 2003 | Commentary
In early March, 1945, the impatient Gen. George S. Patton couldn’t restrain himself; he wanted to drive farther and faster into Germany. After breaking out of Belgium and Luxembourg, Patton aimed to catch the enemy offguard and ultimately to ford two key rivers, the...