The Ardennes Battle (Winter of 1944-’45)

The Western front was quiet and soldiers were at rest They took time out from battle having done their very best. The tired and the wounded, now at recreation time As replacements troops arrived, to fill the battered line. The skies lit up one early morn, from the...

John E. McAuliffe

John McAuliffe was born in Brooklyn, New York, and at the age of twelve moved to Worcester, Massachusetts. He served as Private First Class, a squad member of an 81mm mortar section with Company M, 347th Infantry Regiment of the 87th Infantry Division during World War...