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February 27th, 2008, 10:56 AM
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Prüm, Germany. Feburary 1945
This time last week I was in Prum for the day.
Thanks to Jeff, (slipdigit) I now know the US 4th Infantry Division was fighting there.
I see in After The Battle magazine issue 46 there is an article called The Drive on Prum.
Has anyone got it? Is there a "then" picture to go with my now photo?
Any more info on the fighting at Prum would be good.
Any maps?
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Re: Prüm, Germany. Feburary 1945
I've got ATB's 'The Drive On Prum' - I'll try to dig it out of my huge, disorganized magazine pile later....... 
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February 27th, 2008, 09:43 PM
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Re: Prüm, Germany. Feburary 1945
Cheers Martin, not to worry though, Croonaert came up trumps on ww2talk.
Thanks for offering anyway.
I'd thought a man like yourself would have them all in bound volumes.
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February 28th, 2008, 07:35 AM
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Re: Prüm, Germany. Feburary 1945
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I'd thought a man like yourself would have them all in bound volumes.
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Too tight-fisted ! They're all in one gigantic pile, and the one I want is always at the bottom..... 
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February 28th, 2008, 08:41 AM
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Re: Prüm, Germany. Feburary 1945
For the benefit of other members, here's the then, compared to my now .
Photo from After The Battle Issue 46.
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February 28th, 2008, 10:46 AM
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Re: Prüm, Germany. Feburary 1945
That's a superb 'Then & Now', Owen - even the weather looks right....
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February 28th, 2008, 11:03 AM
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Re: Prüm, Germany. Feburary 1945
Almost same date too, I took the now photo on 20th Feb, I read that Prum was taken on Feb 11th. Only 63 years and 9 days between photos.
Lone Sentry: Famous Fourth: The Story of the 4th Infantry Division -- WWII G.I. Stories Booklet
DOUBLE Deucers drove through snow, rain, and mud, deeper and deeper into the Rhineland. Germans fought and fell back from village to village; nowhere did they stand more than a day. On Feb. 9, the 8th crossed the Prum River. Two days later, the 22nd took Prum.
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March 20th, 2008, 01:48 PM
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Re: Prüm, Germany. Feburary 1945
Great thread. My grandfather passed away on 3/17/08. I received a box of his papers & medals from the war. He served with the 4th Div., 12th infantry, G Company. He was there for the taking of Prum. He received his first bronze star for dragging a wounded man for 3 hours from cover to cover while being mortared and machine gunned trying to get him back behind the line. that was on 4 March 45 near Rommerstein (just east of Prum). I am lucky he saved everything including a beautiful book about 4th Div from D-day till home including all the mens pics like a school year book.
If anyone has more photos from the area around Prum please post them for me.
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