Action at Les Ormes
David.Gettman March 10th, 2008
August 24-25 1944
On August 24, Lt. Fiedler, 3rd Platoon C Troop, with one of his armored cars and a bantam started from the Troop CP to take supplies and gasoline back to his platoon. In an effort to get there sooner the Lieutenant took a short cut which led through the town of Les Ormes (map 18). Before he left he was warned that there was probably a German garrison in the town, but time is money so away he went. As they zipped around a corner leading into Les Ormes the two American vehicles came face to face with a Nazi column consisting mostly of horse-drawn wagons and caissons. After futilely trying to get the Germans to surrender, the armored car gunner, Pvt. Chatterton, started firing his 37mm gun. Continue Reading »
