Raid On Rehlingen
David.Gettman January 29th, 2008
19 – 20 January 1945
Troop C, 2d Squadron
The Troop outposted the town of Machtum (map 33) until the 19th of January, when it pulled a raid on Rehlingen (map 33), Germany, across the Moselle, which we thought was one of our smoothest operations.
Lt. Little was put in charge and after a days preparation and reconnaissance, 30 picked men, 10 from each platoon, proceeded at 1700 to Ahn (map 33), the jump off point. At 1800 we started across the river in six man groups and assembled on the other side. Of course at this critical moment the ’536′ radios refused to work, but the mission continued regardless. The evenings job was to clear the town, capture a prisoner and withdraw. Not knowing the strength of the enemy we used a different method of attack than we ordinarily used, and it proved successful. Continue Reading »
