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Can anybody give me a general idea where this is? (without using Google)I will say that it is the only one of its kind in the world from US Veterans.
November 12, 1944…I will say near Metz? I admit I did have to use Google but only to see where the U.S. was around the time, rather than for the specific name on the monument.
According to what I can read; it's a stele for a German officer who was killed in November 1944, while saving a wounded Gi in the middle of a minefield and appealling for medical help.Not clear but it's written Huerigen Forest. Probably somewhere between Belgium and Germany, I'd say near Aachen
It is at the German war cemetery on the north side of the town of Vossenack in the Huertgen Forest. It is the only monument set up by a US veterans organization dedicated to an enemy soldier in the world. It was put up on the 50th Anniversary of D-Day by members of the 4th ID association.
Never heard of that battle (Schlacht im Hürtgenwald) beforeHere's a link about that German Lieutenanthttp://www.worldwartours.be/lengfeld-friedrich-leutnant.html
Never heard of that battle (Schlacht im Hürtgenwald) beforeHere's a link about that German Lieutenanthttp://www.worldwartours.be/lengfeld-friedrich-leutnant.html
Now that is a surprise since it raged for almost six months less than two hours drive from where you live. Though I guess it makes sense that the Bulge tends to overshadow everything else because it is more famous. The Huertgen Forest looks like some of the WWI battlefields I have been on because it is so cratered and covered with trenches and fieldworks.
Now that is a surprise since it raged for almost six months less than two hours drive from where you live. Though I guess it makes sense that the Bulge tends to overshadow everything else because it is more famous. The Huertgen Forest looks like some of the WWI battlefields I have been on because it is so cratered and covered with trenches and fieldworks.
Less than 1 hour from home to Monschau (64 Km, 59 min ... according to google) !I've been many times in Monschau and in the Eifel Hohes Venn but as you say, the Bulge is overshadowing almost everything.Except if you stay in the area for a while (I know more about battles around Sankt Vith, Poteau, Amel, etc) some events may stay totally unaware from you (even for natives).At least, I've learned something today! 8)
