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This was not an uncommon sight at this period in time

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After the War

When the tale is told in text books
Of the battle in the west,
Where the desert meets a desert
And the pasture ain't the best.
When the story's set and stated,
Written down in black and white
For the up and coming soldier
To peruse from left to right.
When the printed pulp is published,
Page on page of lettered lines,
And its dispositioned forces
And its places, points and times.
When the book is there before us,
Full of tactical defeats,
And technical advantages
And strategical retreats.
When the past is put on paper,
Telling why and when and where,
It'll curb the curiosity
Of the thousands that were there.
For the folks that fought this warfare,
On the home front or at the base,
Can peruse their penny papers
And see such and such took place,
But the bloke amidst the battle
Sees his own small, sticky sphere,
And hasn't heard what happened
Further forward or down rear.
He doesn't know the northern news,
The southern state's the same,
And he hopes to hell that convoy
Coming closer turns out tame.
So when those books see daylight
And meet him face to face,
He can pick 'em up and so find out
What actually took place.

- Lin Rowell, A Troop, 27 Bty

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Listen to World War II POW Recounts Capture | HISTORY

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In a radio interview on March 14, 1944, Sgt. Milton Williams, one of the first Americans swapped in the exchange of prisoners between Germany and the ...

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The author, Alex Kershaw, was born in 1966 and is currently 52 years old. His book, The Longest Winter, was published in 2004, and not long after that; became a New York Times Best Seller.

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Kershaw has also worked as a screenwriter and in television, penning an award-winning 2004 documentary for Arte on Bobby Kennedy. Several of his books have been optioned by Hollywood, including The Few which was selected as the Military Book Club's first-ever book of the year in 2006.

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"Those kids coming up the hill were eighteen and nineteen, just like me. They charged swaggering, thinking it would be lark, and suddenly my .50 caliber would tear them up. They were so close I could see their faces, and it was so painful I had to divorce the faces from the action, and fire just at movement."

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The book tells about a platoon of 18 American soldiers who fought in the Battle of Bulge. The 18 soldiers were able to stop 500 german soldiers from advancing, while Americans had no casualties. The soldiers were eventually captured and taken as POWs (Prisoners of War). The managed to survive the prison camp and came out of the war as the singe most decorated platoon in WW2.

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"What are you doing?" asked Milosevoch. "I'm going to shoot the Germans!" replied Slape.

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The Location of the Original Battle in the Book

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The Location of the Original Battle in the Book

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Peaceful forests where once the Battle of the Bulge raged.

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"They'll come back with more men," Milosevich whispered to Bouck. "We should get the [explicit] out of here."