by Richard Manchester | 31 Dec 2010 | Personal Accounts
The 87th Division was pulled out of the Saar Basin on December 23. It was a cold, barren place with copses of woods concealing enemy machine gun emplacements and tanks, deadly for foot soldiers. We were positioned on the right flank of the Third Army. We were glad to go. It was rumored the Germans had broken through the American lines somewhere to the north.
by Mitch Kaidy | 22 Aug 2005 | Commentary
Bastogne was under siege and effectively surrounded. The Germans knew it, and the Americans knew it. Catching thousands of green 106th and veteran 28th Infantry Division troops off guard, the Germans swiftly poured a deluge of terror and death into the Ardennes Forest...
by Mitch Kaidy | 15 Mar 2003 | Commentary
Fifty-three years after World War II, not even those who spilled blood fully appreciate the 87th Infantry Division’s magnificent and decisive role during the largest land battle ever fought by American troops. That was the Battle of the Bulge, or Ardennes...
by Mitch Kaidy | 24 Nov 2001 | Commentary
One major offensive was timed to jump off at 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 30, 1944. That was German. Another major offensive was timed to jump off at 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 30, 1944. That was American. In the center of this titanic clash was the 87th (Golden Acorn) Division, a...