by Tom Stafford | 17 Aug 2004 | Personal Accounts
I was surprised to read that our Division is credited with capturing only 10,282 German Prisoners of War during World War II. Having been personally involved in the acceptance on May 6, 1945 of the formal surrender of over 40,000 Wehrmacht (German Regular Army) and Schutzstaffel (SS) troops…
by John McAuliffe | 15 Dec 2003 | Personal Accounts
This is not the usual war story that one is most likely to read in this column of “As I Remember It”. More often than not those stories relate to the soldier’s participation in the harsh realities of battle, telling of his experiences entwined with...
by John T. Moran | 17 Aug 2002 | Personal Accounts
December 10, 1944 We were taken by truck from Metz to within 10 or 12 miles of the front. One truck stalled in front of us just as General Patton pulled up behind us in a jeep. I was about 10 feet from the General and got a good look at him sitting there with his...
by Glenn Maddy | 04 Aug 2002 | Personal Accounts
Something that has always bothered me after my limited combat experience with L Company, 347th, was what is our responsibility to the families of those who were killed in combat? We who write for the Golden Acorn News are the fortunate ones – the survivors. I...
by Cecil G. Davis | 30 Jun 2002 | Personal Accounts
This event occurred about a week before we were sent to intercede in the “Battle of the Bulge” but I would like to relate it in support of the brave men who died there where by fate it could have been me. At the time of this event I was a member of the...