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17 December 2014

A Massacre and an Accident

17th December 1944 – the US 82nd and 101st Airborne (see previous Chapter) are released from reserve to reinforce American troops in the Ardennes.  

At Malmedy, south-west of Menschau, 86 American Prisoners of War are murdered by their SS captors.

In the Battle of Schnee Eiffel/St Vith (south-east of Malmedy) the Germans sucessfully trap up to 9,000 Americans who surrender on 19th December.

 

On 17th December Dick appears to have been involved in a traffic accident. When driving a car between Marktstraat and Grote Markt in Izegem he knocked a lady, Elza Lammertyn, off her bike and she broke three ribs.

Here’s the (mouse-chewed) police report of the incident:

Izegem police document

Izegem police document back

Posted on 17 December 2014 in History, Photos, Records, Towns & Cities, Villages |

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