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Tactical Peek

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8. My dad was a U.S. Army infantry sergeant in that one.

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 11:24 PM

Dec 16

He told us that the night before it kicked off, his platoon was on patrol in the forest and they heard the sounds of German tanks in the distance every now and then turning on their tank engines and running them a few minutes then turning them off due to sub-freezing weather. Then he heard their mortar plates being hammered into position. He could not see them but could tell it was a large force and he notified it up the line to his HQ. Later all hell broke loose. He still had a scar on his wrist from wood shrapnel from a German artillery airburst in the trees above.

Fuck the Nazis, then and now.

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Images from the first days of the Battle of the Bulge, 16 December 1944 [View all] irisblue Dec 16 OP

All those Antifas... Orrex Dec 16 #1

My late father in law is somewhere in these photos & videos, definitely in the snow irisblue Dec 16 #3

You tube video, 1 hr40 min irisblue Dec 16 #2

From the National WW2 Museum in NOLA irisblue Dec 16 #4

I'm planning on posting updates as I learn & see online things I can share over the next 6 weeks irisblue Dec 16 #5

My dad was a battlefield medic in this battle. His unit months later helped liberate KitFox Dec 16 #6

Thank you for telling us this. Jack was a 22 yr old radioman during this time irisblue Dec 16 #7

My dad was a U.S. Army infantry sergeant in that one. Tactical Peek Dec 16 #8

Scouts were reporting that there was an assemblage of German troops and machines. 3Hotdogs Dec 17 #9

Thank you for telling us about your father Tactical Peek irisblue Dec 17 #14

My father was in it. Straw Man Dec 17 #10

Thank you for sharing such personal history Straw Man irisblue Dec 17 #15

You're welcome. Straw Man Dec 17 #16

That was fascinating! JohnnyRingo Dec 17 #11

Patton could be a real ass but he was what the war needed to succeed. BigmanPigman Dec 17 #12

Captured American soldiersArdennes, December 1944. irisblue Dec 17 #13