The longest winter: the Battle of the Bulge and the epic story of World War II's most decorated platoon
(Book)
"It was a cold December morning in 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest of Belgium. Eighteen men of a small intelligence platoon commanded by twenty-year-old lieutenant Lyle Bouck were huddled in their foxholes, desperately trying to keep warm. Suddenly the early morning silence was broken by the roar of a huge artillery bombardment. Hitler had launched his bold and risky offensive against the Allies - his "last gamble" - and the American platoon was facing the main thrust of the entire German assault." "Vastly outnumbered, the platoon repulsed three German assaults in a fierce day-long battle to defend a strategically vital hill. Only when Bouck's men had run out of ammunition did they surrender." "But their long winter was just beginning." As POWs, Bouck's platoon experienced an ordeal far worse than combat - surviving in captivity with trigger-happy German guards, Allied bombing raids, and a starvation diet. While hundreds of other captured Americans in German POW camps were either killed or died of disease, the men of Bouck's platoon miraculously survived - all of them - and returned home after the war. More than thirty years later, when President Carter recognized the unit's "extraordinary heroism" and the U.S. Army approved combat medals for all eighteen men, they became America's most decorated platoon of World War II.
Prisoners of war -- Germany -- History.
Prisoners of war -- United States -- History.
United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Regiment, 394th. -- Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
Notes
Kershaw, A. (2004). The longest winter: the Battle of the Bulge and the epic story of World War II's most decorated platoon. New York, MJF Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Kershaw, Alex. 2004. The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon. New York, MJF Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Kershaw, Alex, The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon. New York, MJF Books, 2004.
MLA Citation (style guide)Kershaw, Alex. The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon. New York, MJF Books, 2004.
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505 | 0 | |a Acknowledgments -- Roster of the 394th I&R platoon at the Battle of the Bulge -- Part 1: Watch On The Rhine: -- Wolf's lair -- Camp Maxey -- Wacht am Rhein -- Ghost front -- Shadow soldiers -- Part 2: Battle Of Lanzerath: -- Sturm! -- Last sunset -- Cafe Scholzen -- Terror -- Part 3: War Behind Wire: -- Guests of the Reich -- Stalags -- River -- Task force Baum -- Last days of the Reich -- Part 4: Last Battles: -- Moosberg -- Summer of '45 -- Justice -- Reunion -- Notes -- List of awards: Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon, 394th Infantry Division, 99th Infantry Division, and 394th I&R Presidential Unit Citation -- Bibliography -- Index. | |
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