Oh For The Life Of A Mortarman
David.Gettman February 1st, 2008
28 Dec 1944 – 10 January 1945
Cpl. Tom Myers, B Troop, 2d Squadron
Grevenmacher (map 33) hill, with three feet of snow and more snow in sight, a few days after Christmas, provided the setting for this never-to-be forgotten battle experience. The Troop mission was to screen the west side of the Moselle river for approximately five miles. And that we did. We were set up along the edge of a forest a little to the left of the town of Grevenmacher, overlooking the Moselle and two towns on the other side of the river, Wellen (map 33) and Nittel (map 33), that were securely held by the Krauts. We were supposed to act as teams, which is a ten man unit; we only had six men, but what is the difference? At that particular period, Von Rundstedt and his gorillas were raising hell, while the sun refused to shine. Remember? Continue Reading »
