16 December 1944.....let's see your BotB books....

[Reggu]

That is for sure a KILLER Soldbuch Rick!

[Panzer Rob]

WOW Rick

It's downright chilling how that piece of shrapnel took out the soldiers eyes in the portrait photo..... Symbolic in a way, as the same piece of shrapnel no doubt ended his life Damn...........

A very interesting and sobering Soldbuch you have there... Thanks for sharing it with us.

Rob

[Lee Luke]

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New addition at home to bring this thread back.

Herbert Groebke was a combat medic and earned the rank of San-Feldwebel. He was captured by the Americans serving with Alarm Btl. Thies near Buckeburg. After being released, he went home to his wife and 2 children in Harbke, just inside the Soviet zone.



He received his first wound 31b ,8/41 with 1/IR467(dogtag included) and again 3/44, 31a with 3/467 part of the 267th Infantry Division.



He recovered and was sent to Stab II Gre. Rgt. 694 of the 340th VGD, 9/44. Seeing action during the Battle of the Bulge (attacking Bastogne) he was finally awarded the Infantry Assault Badge on 27/1/45. He received another wound 2/2/45, 31a/b, but was listed as k.v. fur ers. truppe on 20/3/45. He had permanent partial paralysis of the left hand and shattered left upper arm.



The soldbuch came with his FAD Ausweis, erkennungsmarke, many POW letters/documents and kennkarte.

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[Luft 76]

Nice addition. I love the ID photo.

[Edward]

That's a nice Sani Soldbuch Lee. Sharp photo of Groebke too. Congrats.

Not entirely sure, but I thought the 340th VDG fought North Of Bastogne?

Will post another 340th VGD related Soldbuch.

Jerry

[Edward]

Wasner served with the Radfahr-Zug of IR 503, 290th ID in France and Russia. Present throughout the battles around Demyansk. Wounded twice. The second time in late 1943 from artillery shrapnel in the chest. For his service at Demyansk he was awarded the Demyansk Shield while recovering in hospital. On release he was not returned to 290th ID in Russia during 1944. Instead Wasner was transfered to the forming 340th VGD slated for the Western Front. Interestingly he was posted to the VG Artillery Regiment instead of a divisional VG Grenadier Regiment.

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Great thread, let me contribute

Johann Weinberger was in the German army since 1938, he participated with the annexation of the Sudetenland and wears the medal on his pass photo. He was promoted to Obergefreiter in 1940 and would stay at this rank till the rest of the war. Since January 1944 he served in the 990 Grenadier Regiment of the 277 Infanterie Division in Narbonne at the south cost of France. The unit went to the Normandy front where it got caught in the Falaise pocket and got reduced to roughly 10-15% of the original strength. It was rebuilt in Hungary present Slovakia, renamed to 277 Volksgrenadier Division, and was sent to the Westwall for a month. In November Johann received a G43. After this the unit participated in the Battle of the Bulge at the northern flank. Together with the 12 SS division it took the Belgian town Rocherath-Krinkelt which it defended until the end of January. It retreated again to the Westwall and fought in the Eiffel where it got decimated. Johann got wounded in April 45, there are no further entries.

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