![]() We left half of our equipment and vehicles in the town as we left and we picked everything up a week later traveling through miles of newly won German territory. This rumor later became history as the Malmedy Massacre was only about 10 miles away. It was rumored that Germany’s highest armored division was in the area and that our company of 150 men would be completely wiped out if we were to become involved with them. Our company C was relieved of its commitment to defend the town of Stavelot by the 117 th Infantry Regiment of the 30 th Infantry Division. With those just written few words I believe our current company C was the very first to come in contact with the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge. ![]() They told Lt Chinlund that they didn’t know that the Germans had counterattacked and were that close. Chinlund of 1323 Eddy St Chicago, Illinois told First Army headquarters that we had just got shelled out of Stavelot. Our convoy went about 10 miles to a town called Spa that was First Army headquarters. As we were going out of Stavelot the Americans had set a huge gasoline dump on fire to keep the Germans from getting the gas. I was driving the command car as John Higgins the regular driver was in the hospital and my 2 1/2 ton truck was broken down and led our company out of Stavelot. At this time and upon advice from the commander of C company we left Stavelot. The fight was continued from early morning until just before noon. I asked Russ, “Do you think we will ever see Carroll County again”? He replied, “Carl it doesn’t look very good now”. He and I left for the Army together and went all through the war together. ![]() The shelling started just daybreak and I was walking to chow with Russ Beamer of Dellroy Ohio. The attack came from the 150th Panzer Brigade using either American origin or German equipment disguised as American. Two hours before the initial enemy attack came support from one company of the 7 th Armored Division arrived to help us in the defense of the town. ![]() This was definitely the real thing as our guys had patrolled the area for German paratroopers only a few nights before but didn’t find any. Here we watched the troops of the First Army retreat and knew this alert would not suddenly be removed like it was in Carentan and Avranches, both in France. My company C was sitting in Stavelot, Belgium with orders to defend the town. ![]()
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