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Troops thought the snow was colder than usual. The turkey dinner served at noon tasted good, but otherwise there was still watch to be stood, weapons to be cleaned and gloves to be thawed out. – Official Report, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Division, Malmedy, Belgium - New Year's Eve, 1944 By then, the main Battle of the Bulge had thwarted the German attacks which began Dec. 16, 1944. From defensive foxholes, the 120th, which included Wilmington-area National Guard soldiers fighting since Normandy, noted a quiet front without harassing fire. Vigilance, hunker down, and send patrols to capt...

World War II: Was Justice Served After the Malmedy Massacre? The SS soldiers responsible for the Malmedy Massacre were to be hung, including Joachim Peiper. But none were sent to the gallows. Here's What You Need to Know: Peiper, Dietrich, and several other former SS men who played roles in the massacre were released from prison after serving 13 years. It was a dismal day, Sunday, December 17, 1944, just hours after the Germans had broken through the thinly held American lines in the Ardennes Forest along rugged terrain of the Western Front. The thunderclap of Operation Wacht am Rhein (Wat...

Letter: Local survivors of WWII's Malmedy massacre are heroes Beaver County Times As I look outside my dining room window writing this, I think and wonder what it must have been like 76 years ago in Malmedy, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge, during World War II, when hundreds of American soldiers were murdered. All were POWs with their hands in the air. Some escaped and their stories were truly amazing, considering their wounds and weather conditions — similar to what I see outside this Dec. 17. In reading the book, "Fatal Crossroads: The Untold Story of the Malmedy Massacre at the B...

The story behind the letter sent home on Christmas by Lenny Miller in “ We Are Going To Be Lucky: A World War II Love Story in Letters“ On January 11, 1945 the serviceman’s newspaper, STARS AND STRIPES, printed a little two inch item: U.S. Held Malmedy Bombed by Mistake “The Belgian town of Malmedy, occupied by American troops was bombed by mistake by six medium bombers and 18 Eighth AF heavies during the counteroffensive on Dec. 23 and 24, USSTAF revealed yesterday.” The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign of WWII. The goal was to surprise the Allies b...

Now streaming on: Just as it stands, "Saints and Soldiers" could have been made in 1948. That is not a bad thing. It has the strengths and the clean lines of a traditional war movie, without high-tech special effects to pump up the noise level. I saw it the same week as the new restoration of Sam Fuller's "The Big Red One" (1980), made by a director who was an infantryman throughout World War II, and was struck by how the two films had similar tone: The No. 1 job of a foot soldier is to keep from getting killed. Doing his duty is a close second.