We fired and ran, bled and ran, until we were out of ammo and gas, then we looked for American tanks and trucks that were disabled and took what we could use from them. I cannot describe the cold, hunger and atrocities that the Allied troops were subjected to in the Battle of the Bulge from December 16, 1944, until January 25, 1945. This was called the Malmedy Massacre because there was a sign at Baugnez pointing to Malmedy, which was two or three miles down the road. At Baugnez, Belgium, the SS shot over 100 American POWs. If they wore black uniforms of the SS, they were shot. This was the only time I saw American troops kill German soldiers that tried to surrender. The SS were inhuman at this point, they killed everyone old men, women and children. They were using every combat unit they had left to try to stop the Allied drive into mother Germany. The Germans at this point were desperate. We found other units and organized into a unified fighting force as best we could. “We were all on our own fighting as single units. Most of our communications were knocked out. We were low on food, ammo, gas, and our heavy winter clothing had not arrived. Everyone had frozen feet, hands or faces. The sky was overcast so our Air Force could not come to help. The weather was very cold, 10 to 20 below zero, heavy wind and snow. On an eighty-mile front we had 75,000 men in this area: the Ardennes. They hit us with 1900 heavy artillery, 250,000 soldiers, 100 large tanks, and other assault weapons. December 16, all hell broke loose: the start of the Battle of the Bulge.
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