Hide Article Text (OCR)
'•At'B'stogne'r-. t* ** •_ **• \V:S*' * '* 'A -/'■5‘Si:SGT.. GEORGE HAUGERi A letter'written by. Sgt. George. Hauger, Feb..6, to his sister, was the* first word Mr. and Mrs.George. Hauger-of Magnolia, havefihad from their son since Nov. 23, 1944. ‘ His'letter tells why he wasunable to. write. ~ For some time he had been on a secret list and unable. to ^write,. and previous, to tnat he was top-busy.—He-'writes that he was at-- Daatoeno—withI#1“IGeneral Patten's Third Army and that at, the time. of the * German break through Allied lines they, were completely surrounded. for 33' days without supplies. j For Christmas dinner he had a,iece of , cheese and a cracker,-the ^Irst, food he had .had for^ three days.. The snow was three feet deep and/, they melted snow for drinkipg water. - ,*At present he Is\fn a rest camp in Franeb and'says he is fine, butsays“i-ve surely been through plenty of hell.'?He had Recently been'promoted to his present rank,, S,aiand.CounIlllncrtatlvserviSprlnJaicratllt;of sergeant and had. visited Paris on a three-day pass since being inFrance.'He enclosed with his letter some communications which* tell .some-, thing of ,the activities of the 705 Tank destroyer battalion which is the outfit to which he ^belongs.Lettar. to tha Man of 705 From Thair CommandarNew Year's Day 1945.senaMarswellCourthreeJimthroifrlenCqu.tabov«rBastogne.To the Men of the 705:- -I fully realize that- it is a dal p-pointment to learn that-the Stars and Stripes was unable or failed to include - the Battalion among those present in the defense ofHeIBastogne/ We know, though, thatwe were there from the first and we can have the deepest pndo within-ourselves that bur .Battalion stood fast throughout.. We know, that you took the door to Chatcauncuf, with our Head-u art era; and- Reconnaissance ompanies serving as foot tioops —--presentI.T the A ssi at t Mor Con on I side I'sarranonexthat We have left comrades on bat-tlefield*r fromNor/rmiuly-U» Ger-Xlittl when in—action oiKliiaBsi —1?una have always*been within a ew hundred, yards, at the most, from the-enemy j'that .you receivedofficial -commendations for your actious ut Plougestel, St. Malo, Brest and for the. Brittany campaign, that you were among the fiist to. reach the Siegfried line on the Mogelle crossing; that here at^ IK J ------Bostognp you stood shoulder toStshoulder with the rugged. 101st Airborne Division, who, I. know, think highly of you; that -you have destroyed hero .a total of 39 tanks plus many additional vehicles; that you coat the enemy almost seven tanks for every;*gun ho destroyed of duts. It may be that I placo too much importance on these facts; perhaps, but I do not bc-lievc-so.--an-theavqagein.,waiGatorsib]wamo|ingJaiwoJooldMicleTTcel cc rtu i tt'Ihntrtnlluursethe Battalion’s contribution will rccognized-but whether or not. we will continue to fight the good fight.• In the meanwhile, your '“Old Man” says to all ox - you, -“well done, 70G.”waDvW$0cradhencClifford Templeton,IKLt. Col., 705 Tank Des. Bn., Commanding.orreGi
Newspaper Details
Henry News Republican
Henry, Illinois, US
Thu, Mar 08, 1945
Page 8
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 16 Nov 2018
Other Publications Near Henry, Illinois
Henry Weekly Courier
Henry Marshall County Republican
Henry Republican
Henry Marshall County Telegraph
Henry Current News
