Voices of the Battle of the Bulge Part Two

Published Jan. 22, 2015
By Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden and Senior Airman Rusty Frank
52nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part collection of 10 interviews with 10 World War II veterans who served during the Battle of the Bulge Dec. 16, 1944, through Jan. 25, 1945. The veterans returned to Europe for 70th anniversary observances of the battle in Belgium and Luxembourg, Dec. 9-18, 2014. The following links contain photos, video and text for each veteran.

Part Six: Robert Thompson
"Do you want to surrender?"

Part Seven: Bernard Mayrsohn
"We were surrounded"

Part Eight: Clayton Christiansen
"Other than that, there wasn't much going on"

Part Nine: George Merz
"I knew what [Nuts!] meant to me"

Part Ten: Douglas Dillard
"We lost a lot of good veterans"

Videos by Senior Airman Rusty Frank
Photos by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden and Senior Airman Rusty Frank