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For the first time in decades, Fort Cavazos opened Bethel Cemetery at North Fort Cavazos one more time, allowing Army Staff Sgt. Robert Rudd to be buried next to his
NORTH FORT CAVAZOS — After being in Belgium for the past 78 years, the remains of Army Staff Sgt. Robert Rudd are now home, next to his parents, at Bethel
American Glider Troops at the Battle of the Bulge U.S. glider troops fought tenaciously to hold the crossroads town of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. Here's What You Need to Know: Marvie is a quiet town nestled in the Ardennes region of southern Belgium. A farming village with a population of several hundred people, history has almost forgotten the town, but on one day in December 1944, Marvie lay astride a road that led to another town—Bastogne. If the German panzergrenadiers and tanks had overrun the glider infantrymen who defended Marvie, they might have taken Bastogne, and th...
An American Infantry Division's Baptism of Fire in Nazi Germany In their first combat experience, a handful of American soldiers accomplished its objective and held against powerful German counter-attacks. Here's What You Need to Know: In November 1944, an American infantry division underwent its baptism of fire in the worst conditions imaginable and acquitted itself with honor beyond anyone’s expectation. The final outcome of the campaign, however, was determined by the heroic action of only 100 men who found themselves in a hopeless situation and simply would not give up. The men of the ...
Operation Stösser was launched during Germany’s last gamble: Wacht am Rhein (Operation Watch on the Rhine), Hitler’s offensive in the West which Americans know as the Battle of the Bulge, had as its ultimate objective the Belgian port of Antwerp. Recently captured, it was under repair to be reopened as a deep-water port. When Antwerp was serviceable, the Allies would be able to bring supplies and reinforcements quickly to the front lines instead of transporting them across France from the Channel ports. To reach Antwerp, the German Army would push through the Ardennes Forest. An armo...