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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1945
Page
4
The war department said repatriation of American troops from the Pacific is being stepped up with 32 troop transports shifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific. These ships have a combined capacity of 83,000 men. seventeen are fast transports including the West Point, the largest U.S. liner, the rest are converted liberty ships.
Several Pacific bound ships are en route to new assignments while the rest reach east coast ports within 15 days and pass through the Panama Canal by January 1. The Navy notes railroad limitations at home hinder demobilization more than ship loading. Improvised sleep cars from hospital and kitchen sets ease debarkation delays as demobilization accelerates. sailors 38 or older with dependents as of Aug. 15 may discharge on request.
A radish planted by Waterloo chief of detectives Emil Steffen has grown unexpectedly large weighing 1 1/2 pounds and not yet at full size. The vegetable remains a local mystery drawing curiosity from observers.
The report recounts Eisenhower planning to strike at the Ruhr and Saar via the Cologne Plain, rush infantry regiments to bolster depleted units, and press an offensive into the Siegfried Line despite harsh autumn weather and flooded rivers. It notes Allied advances by December with the Meuse and Roer rivers reached, Hurtgen Forest fighting, and warnings of German stiff resistance and limited resources.
This account recalls the German offensive of December 1944 in the Ardennes led by Field Marshal von Rundstedt and Hitler. It highlights Eisenhower’s dispositions, Montgomery’s northern push, Bradley’s coordination, and the decisive defense by units including the 101st and 82d Airborne, with Bastogne, St Vith, and Bastogne’s road centers noted.
The 1944 Ardennes battle shifted as the U S Third Army halted the German advance on the southern flank and attacked with III and XII Corps by December 22. By February the Allied push reached the Roer and Rhine lines, reducing the Colmar pocket and securing the west bank of the Roer ahead of a northern invasion.
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