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Revisiting World War II Front Trails with Plambeck
In Berchtesgaden Herbert Plambeck retraces WWII routes from Trier to the Rhine and Alps. He recalls VE Day celebrations with fellow correspondents and Iowa soldiers, visiting Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest and Dachau, noting towns, divisions, and the human cost of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Plambeck
Berchtesgaden
Germany
Adolph Hitler
Iowa
Europe
England
France
Austria
Belgium
Luxembourg
Seiine
Saar
Moselle
Danube
Rhein
Elbe
Trier
Berchtes
Gaden
Hitler
Alps
Aachen
Ruhr Valley
Eisenhower
Koblenz
Rhineland
Feste Konstantin
Fort Constantine
Golden Acorn
Old City
Old Fort
Jimmy
Mary
The
Winnegan
Oberwesel
Schoenberg
Rhine
Bad Kreuznach
Third Army
8Th Infantry
Er Hicks
Fairfield
Pfc
Tom Wood
Sioux City
Clair Thompson
Ankeny
Jim Davis Winfield
Bob Huss
Ashton
Larry Hatfield
Davenport
Darrell Fullmer
Alburnett
Tom Spates
Dubuque
Bob Lenz
Early
Ara Deahl
Waterloo
Worms
Red Diamond Division
Darmstadt
Wurzburg
Schweinfurt
al Hagen
ADA of
Lou Bartet
Ernie Pyle
Hagen
Lowa
Nurnberg
Furth
Pat Hagerty
Mason City
Colonel Bird
3Rd Infantry
Augsburg
Regensburg
Dachau
Dachaus
Munich
Braunhaus
der Fuhrer