All Stories
all storys of grandmenil
The story of Bob Anderson
Introduction: Marco and I have been working on some storys about the 551st Parachute Infantry Batallion.. The 551st PIB has a special place in our heart. Their heroic actions almost has been forgotten. together with some locals in the Ardennes,…
Finding Richard Wiegand
On this website, I have described the story about Richard Wiegand: the 75th Infantry division soldier who stopped the German advance in Trou de Loup. After publishing the story, I was wondering who this man was. We knew the story,…
The next generation
Lest We Forget: preserve history One of the purposes of this site, is that the next generations won´t forget the story´s of the battle of the bulge. Often I speak about the battle of Grandmenil with guests of our bed…
Meeting vets of the 517th PIR
Eddy Monfort informed me after Kauffmans visit, that Manhay would be visited in august 2009 by veterans of the 517th parachute infantry regiment. The 517th fought from december 26th on december 27th in and around Manhay. On sunday, august 9th,…