January 2nd, 2003, 11:31 AM
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Originally posted by Kai-Petri:
Dec 24: Peiper and 800 men troops of the kampfgruppe destroy their remaining vehicles (28 tanks & 70 SPW's) and march out of La Gleize on foot. 300 German wounded and 150 US prisoners are left behind. The SS troops, who during the Ardennes Offensive had looted the warm clothing off of dead, wounded and captured GI's are marched to the town square by the US 117th Battalion CO. The crying SS troops are forced to remove all GI boots and pants in the bitter cold and give the articles back to their former prisoners. In a postwar interview, Private J. Frank Brumbaugh of the US 82nd Airborne Division commented that the action tought the Germans "You don't fuck with US paratroopers."
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Interesting. Do you have the source for this info?
Regards,
Timo
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