[Continued from previous page] Our 2ND Platoon still under constant fire. The 87 Division (we are with it) has pushed ahead further than our forces on the flanks thus making us a spear head. As a result we are being shelled from the flanks. One of the fire units got a deer the other day. They are having venison for dinner tomorrow. Our 2D platoon commander and supply Sgt. Hall were shot at by a sniper between Singling and Achen.1Aachen, the westernmost city in Germany located in North Rhine‐Westphalia near the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, was captured from the Germans after two weeks of bitter fighting in October, 1944.
Thursday, 21 December [1944] Gros Rederching
Rather quiet today. We got some mail, a month and a half old but it was wonderful just the same. The 1st army is taking a beating in Belgium. We have sent reinforcements and our lines are beginning to consolidate. I think Runstedt is making a big mistake. 2Field Marshal Gerd von Runstedt (1875‐1953) was the commander of German forces during the Battle of the Bulge. Atkinson, The Guns at Last Light, p. 394. There is no possibility of advancing here, until the German counter attack is shattered. That won’t be long according to the information which we have received.
Friday, 22 December [1944] Gros Rederching
Another quiet day. Transferred from 3RD to 7th army as of 1000. 3RD Army now up fighting German counter attack. Tomorrow 1ST Platoon moves F.A. 2 and 4 to Oermingen and 1 and 3 to Gros Rederching. This is a very confusing war and I don’t mean maybe.
Saturday, 23 December [1944] Gros Rederching
Something big is underway. I don’t know just what it is, but I’ll bet the Jerries won’t like it. Damn near all of our troops have left this sector. We now have a stripped infantry regiment, covering the same sector that a division was holding today. We have dropped our MLR back about five miles but are keep[ing] recon patrols well out [continued on next page.]
