Wehrpass, KIA, Battle of the Bulge

[Stormfighter]

Barry, interesting Wehrpaß. Here is a link regarding the battle of Lanzerarth Ridge. Fusilier Rgt. 27 is mentioned.

Some years back the Washington Post published a large article on the small US I&R team that held up the initial German advance on December 16, and the recognition they finally received 36 years later in 1981 (also mentioned in the link).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lanzerath_Ridge

Thanks for the link Jerry! That's great information and I am happy that Füsilier-Regiment 27 is mentioned. During my last trip to Germany in May, I drove very close to Losheim. During my next visit, I plan to go there and visit the railway station.

[starikurac]

Great WP, Barry

Eric JB is right.

I'm reading for the moment 'Key to the Bulge, The: The Battle for Losheimergraben
by Stephen M. Rusiecki ' and his regiment suffered quite some heavy casualties that first day, mainly because of the inexperience of a lot of soldiers.
It seemed that they attacked in 'Russian style (shooting from the hip and assaulting in big masses) because of the lack of proper infantery training.
Because of that, the more experienced officers needed to join there soldiers in the spearhead of the attacks, which resulted offcourse in a lot of casulaties of officers.

[Greg]

This is a very nice and historic WP! And of course, as you mentioned Barry, part of the fighting he was involved in contributed to the delays of KG Peiper's advance, which bought time for the Americans and ultimately contributed to the defeat of KG Peiper and the Ardennes Offensive overall.

I also like the nice Trachten jacket the young Bavarian is wearing in his photo!

Best,
Greg

[Simon H]

A great Wehrpass, that young man was quite a veteran before he fell on December 16th. A nice piece of history.


Regards,
Simon

[mathluft]

Very interesting, I really like these Battle of the Bulge related documents !

[JUNGCO]

Barry,
Great Wehrpass. I really like the photo in trachtenmode.
Jeff