![]() White, battalion CO, told battery commanders to evacuate all guns, vehicles, and personnel to destroy all equipment that could not be pulled back in time.ītry A, with all of its vehicles at the ordnance, was forced to leave all personal and organizational equipment behind. Then came orders from the Group to displace to the rear. Gun crews were forced to dig away the earth so the tubes could be dropped even further down. ![]() Lower and lower the tubes were depressed. Btry C dug in atop a hill and poured direct fire on German tanks in the valley below. The 561-FAB backing up the 106-ID at the exact spot where the Germans chose to break through the line. The Battle of the Bulge was on! Marshaling his crack troops for a last, all-out offensive, FM Gerd von Rundstedt wheeled his panzers west in a surprise move that was designed to split open the Allied forces, drive through to Liège, and on to Antwerp. Kraut Tanks in Setz Heading our Way the message read. Runden dropped a note in the battalion area. ![]() Dec 17, 1944, defying the murky skies, the tiny liaison plane circled low as Lt David E.
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