#323 Garand Picture of the Day - Herresbach

[Mark in Rochester]

82nd troopers follow the 340th Tank Battalion to engage near Herresbach, December 1944

Herresbach is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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[Mark in Rochester]

The Malmedy massacre was a war crime in which about 90 American prisoners of war were murdered by their German captors during World War II. The massacre was committed on December 17, 1944, by Kampfgruppe Peiper (part of the 1st SS Panzer Division), a German combat unit, during the Battle of the Bulge.

This massacre, as well as others committed by the same unit the same day and on the following days, was the subject of a trial during the Dachau Trials of 1946.

the count of POWs or civilians killed at different places is as follows:



Honsfeld 19
Büllingen 59 1
Baugnez 86
Ligneuville 58
Stavelot 8 93
Cheneux 31
La Gleize 45
Stoumont 44 1
Wanne 5
Trois-Ponts 11 10
Lutrebois 1
Petit Thier 1






Interesting short story here abour SS Crew member 737th Tank Battalion Memories

[frankderrico]

Mark I have been enjoying the winter pics.....Frank

[frankderrico]

Those German units had been committing mass muder all over Europe for five years. It didn't work and they are still being hunted down.....Frank

[gunner]

The SS-men said they didnt know what to do with the POW`s, so they killed them! Horrible.

Regards

Gunner

[Mark in Rochester]

Gunner

We did the same thing but not to the same scale. A coworkers father was in the pacific during WW 2 - the small group of GI's captured a group of Japanese plane mechanics - given their extended position lack of men they had little option - I am sure the burden of their act weighs on all that remain today.

The SS-men said they didnt know what to do with the POW`s, so they killed them! Horrible.

Regards

Gunner

[TerryS]

i have a P38 holster inscribed "Obertsturmfueher von der Thal, 2te kie. Panzerkampfgp. Peiper" But have never found out if its legit or not. Intrigueingly there is another name and address, unreadable, like it was inherited or something.