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Linda |
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Re: The Grey Bonnets |
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On May 16, 6:27 pm, Fred Oinka <stardusth...@cox.net> wrote:
> 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
Interesting! Here are some photos from the Huertgen Forest...
http://tinyurl.com/53cx3h
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