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FOREWORD BY FORMER 2ND LT. ROBERT E. BRAMSON, F/504
INTRODUCTION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1 CAMP SISSONNE: SISSONNE, FRANCE, NOVEMBER 15‒DECEMBER 15, 1944
2 A SERIOUS BREAKTHROUGH: WERBOMONT AND RAHIER, BELGIUM, DECEMBER 16‒19, 1944
3 THE ROAD TO CHENEUX: CHENEUX, BELGIUM, DECEMBER 20, 1944
4 THE BATTLE OF CHENEUX: CHENEUX, BELGIUM, DECEMBER 20, 1944
5 THE CAPTURE OF CHENEUX: CHENEUX AND MONCEAU, BELGIUM, DECEMBER 20‒21, 1944
6 THE END OF KAMPFGRUPPE PEIPER: CHENEUX AND TROIS PONTS, BELGIUM, DECEMBER 22‒24, 1944
7 ENTRAPMENT AND ENDURANCE: BRA-SUR-LIENNE, EN FLORET, BELGIUM, DECEMBER 25‒26, 1944
8 BREAKING UP THE GERMAN ASSAULT: BRA-SUR-LIENNE, BERGIFAZ, BELGIUM, DECEMBER 26‒31, 1944
9 STRIKING BACK: BELGIUM, JANUARY 1‒6, 1945
10 VICTORY AT A HIGH PRICE: FARNIÈRES, MONT AND ROCHELINVAL, JANUARY 7, 1945
11 TWIN TOWNS: PETIT HALLEUX AND GRAND HALLEUX, BELGIUM, JANUARY 8‒11, 1945
12 RECUPERATION: REMOUCHAMPS, BELGIUM, JANUARY 12–24, 1945
13 ADVANCE BY ATTRITION: HUNNANGE AND HERRESBACH, BELGIUM, JANUARY 25–29, 1945
14 DECIMATION AT MANDERFELD: HOLZHEIM, EIMERSCHEID AND MANDERFELD, BELGIUM, JANUARY 30‒31, 1945
15 THE BATTLE FOR THE MERTESROTT HEIGHTS: MERTESROTT HEIGHTS, GERMANY, FEBRUARY 2, 1945
16 BREACHING THE SIEGFRIED LINE: MERTESROTT HEIGHTS, GERMANY, FEBRUARY 2, 1945
17 FROM ONE FOREST TO ANOTHER: HUERTGEN FOREST, GERMANY, FEBRUARY 3–21, 1945
POSTSCRIPT: UNITED STATES, JANUARY 1946–JANUARY 2015
APPENDIX A: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS RECIPIENTS
APPENDIX B: PRISONERS OF WAR CAPTURED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
APPENDIX C: B COMPANY REPLACEMENTS AT CHENEUX, DECEMBER 22, 1944
APPENDIX D: C COMPANY REPLACEMENTS AT CHENEUX, DECEMBER 22, 1944
APPENDIX E: ORDER OF BATTLE FOR THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, DECEMBER 18, 1944
APPENDIX F: ORDER OF BATTLE FOR THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, JANUARY 5, 1945
APPENDIX G: ORDER OF BATTLE FOR THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, JANUARY 26, 1945
APPENDIX H: ORDER OF BATTLE FOR THE 551ST PARACHUTE BATTALION, JANUARY 7, 1945
APPENDIX I: THE PRISONER OF WAR EXPERIENCE OF 2ND LIEUTENANT HARRY ROLLINS
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