This day in 1944: Hunger, frostbite, gangrene

The 101st was almost out of food and 30 cal. ammo for their Garands. Many froze
to death in their foxholes overnight. It was still snowing. But they never
allowed the Germans to take the critical Batogne crossroads. In the meantime at
our field we had all our 6x6 with snowplows keeping our runway clear, Word
was we would be able to fly tomorrow, the 23rd. We just kept looking at the sky
and thinking of the Battered *******s of Bastogne. We were so close we could
almost touch them, but there was nothing we could do until the sky cleared. We
all hoped for a better tomorrow. Iron men in harms way.

..
Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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