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| Author: |
Fred Oinka |
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The Grey Bonnets |
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In January, 1944, while the men of the 121st Infantry shivered
in the log-bunker defenses of the Huertgen Forest, Colonel Tho-
mas J. Cross, the Regimental Commander, conceived the idea
that a courageous band of fighting men who had conquered the
Huertgen Forest where others had failed were worthy of a his-
tory of their own.
The Commander summoned me to spend my time not actu-
ally devoted to composing public relations releases to the detail
of collecting data and incidents for that project. The result is
herewith presented with due apologies of an amateur in the art
of writing history.
The tactical action of the book is based on =93After Action Re-
ports=94 of the 121st Infantry Regiment, and the 8th Infantry
Division. The human element of the story that means so much
more to the men than the cold tactics of a military operation
was provided by scores of interviews with G.l.=92s of the regiment
from Huertgen to Schwerin.
I hope with Colonel Cross, the originator of the project, that the
chapters which follow will renew the spirit of pride that all of
us experienced who were members of the fighting Gray Bonnet
regiment in those trying days of combat.
DANIEL M. BURNS
1st Lt., Infantry
Fort Leonard Wood, MO
October, 1945
http://tinyurl.com/3gfuqe
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