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January 23, 2025

January 23, 1945, Part 1 — Angels, doughnuts, and a mistake that led to a colossal loss of GIs

Past midnight, Phil’s 3rd Battalion, commanded now by Major Robert B. Pridgen, trudged slowly through the deep snow, cutting southeast through a thick forest known as the Forêt […]
January 21, 2025

January 21, 1945 — Phil and his men are livid as one of FDR’s cabinet members is actually motivating the Nazis

The Colmar Pocket was in the heart of Alsace, where most of the citizens spoke French and German. The Allied soldiers found it increasingly difficult to tell […]
January 18, 2025

January 18, 1945 — Morale was raised another notch with the far-overdue arrival of winter clothes

Morale was raised another notch with the far-overdue arrival of winter clothes—mountain boots, fur-lined caps, fur-lined jackets, heavy-lined pants—and mountain sleeping bags. The men were finally warm![1]
January 13, 2025

January 13, 1945 — “As long as there’s a war and as long as there is a 3rd Infantry Division, the 3rd Division will be in that war”

The tacit understanding which had existed among officers and men of the 3rd Infantry Division that being on the defensive was not our style, well though […]
January 23, 2025

January 23, 1945, Part 1 — Angels, doughnuts, and a mistake that led to a colossal loss of GIs

Past midnight, Phil’s 3rd Battalion, commanded now by Major Robert B. Pridgen, trudged slowly through the deep snow, cutting southeast through a thick forest known as the Forêt […]
January 21, 2025

January 21, 1945 — Phil and his men are livid as one of FDR’s cabinet members is actually motivating the Nazis

The Colmar Pocket was in the heart of Alsace, where most of the citizens spoke French and German. The Allied soldiers found it increasingly difficult to tell […]
January 18, 2025

January 18, 1945 — Morale was raised another notch with the far-overdue arrival of winter clothes

Morale was raised another notch with the far-overdue arrival of winter clothes—mountain boots, fur-lined caps, fur-lined jackets, heavy-lined pants—and mountain sleeping bags. The men were finally warm![1]
January 13, 2025

January 13, 1945 — “As long as there’s a war and as long as there is a 3rd Infantry Division, the 3rd Division will be in that war”

The tacit understanding which had existed among officers and men of the 3rd Infantry Division that being on the defensive was not our style, well though […]