[Red Nine]

Ran across this information today about a young German Army Officer who died while trying to save a wounded american GI during the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest.

http://www.battlefieldtours.nu/HurtgenForestMemorial.htm

 

[Flakshield]

Good story...thanks for posting.
Flakshield

 

[Alpenflage]

Yes, thank you for posting this.

 

[limpetmine]

Hurtgen Forest

The battle that never should have been fought. And the higher-ups allowed it to go on, because they didn't want to give a slap down to the guy that planned it. All they needed to do was swing left, flanking the forest and then piercing in to take the dams that were the point of it all. Such as waste.

 

[Bill-Rube]

My uncle was there, too. With the 83rd Inf Div. Nasty fighting there.

 

[BetaDeltaKA]

Anyone read a good book on the Hurtgen Campaign worth recommending?

 

[limpetmine]

Yes,

Anyone read a good book on the Hurtgen Campaign worth recommending?

But I'll be hanged if I can remember it. I'll check the book shelf later tonight and get back to you. Study in the mean time!

 

[Bill-Rube]

Battle of the Hurtgen Forest...by Charles Whiting....he tells it like it was...pulls no punches on the bonehead reasoning for the Hurtgen bloodletting...excellent read.

 

[marshallj]

Whiting

Great Book !

Battle of the Hurtgen Forest...by Charles Whiting....he tells it like it was...pulls no punches on the bonehead reasoning for the Hurtgen bloodletting...excellent read.

 

[63H20]

Charles B. MacDonald's"The Battle of The Hurtgen Forest" is another excellent read...as well as his other books.

 

[rickyracer2]

Thanks, the story was uplifting.

 

[mauser202]

Thanks for sharing, a touching glimpe at humanity surounded by hell.

 

[armyrat1970]

Amazing story and act of humanity. Thanks for posting.

 

[Edward Tinker]

Both good books. I lived close to the Hurtengen when I lived in the Netherlands with the US Army; drove past it and went metal detecting (started late towards the end of my tours, so found little) but dark, deep, thick forests, must have been a bitch to fight in!


Ed

 

[zampilot]

The Bloody Forrest by Gerald Astor. He also wrote an excellent account of the Battle of the Bulge, "A Blood Dimmed Tide".

 

[Snowman]

Hurtgen Forrest

Hello Red Nine. Thanks for sharing the story. There's a really decent movie on the battle called "When Trumpets Fade." I thought it was more realistic than most war movies. You can find it at Best Buy.

 

[Deputy Dan]

Another great book is Follow Me and Die: The destruction of an American Division in WWII by Cecil B. Currey. Lt. Lengfeld's selfless act reminds me of a similar act by Sgt. Richard Kirkland at the wall at Fredericksburg. Brave men.

 

[Red Nine]

snowman

Thanks for the info. I will look up the movie.

Deputy

The young man from South Carolina was in deed an angel of mercy. May Sgt. Kirkland rest in eternal peace.

 

[South_Shore]

Very moving and touching story. Thanks for posting.