Things that piss me off

[finnkveldulfr]

Read an article in the LA Times today-- seems there's a Belgian Museum honoring the US military personnel who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Seems there was a mistake in one of their exhibits regarding a particular instance of heroism-- 3 enlisted men and an officer stayed at a 90 mm anti-aircraft gun and used it to hold off some german attacks

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[drewkitty]

Now that I've read through what actually happened, from both US Army and German perspectives, the article is such bullshit

[drewkitty]

Books

[drewkitty]

This is the museum Web page: http://www.december44.com/anglais/index.html

You could drop them an E-mail and ask: museum@december44.com

The names of the enlisted could be dug out by the museum. All of them are on the Battery C roster linked above. It's just a matter of pulling up Lt. Kent's relatively recent (belated) Silver Star citation and getting the names from it; or at worst cross-referencing.

National Archives in College Park, Maryland (Archives II) has the Silver Star citations from World War II.

Roland Seamon's DSC citation: http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=22653

Albert Durago's DSC citation: http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=22027

[finnkveldulfr]

Drew--
Thanks for posting the info (I suppose if I'd taken a little time to really investigate further, I might have tripped over some of it). Interesting to know that the paper really got a whole lot of things wrong.

That it is relatively easy to find the names of the enlisted personnel, and yet the paper still ignored them, and ignored that there were some DSC recipients for actions on that day, still leaves me very annoyed with the LA Times, though.

[ihuitl]

I'm glad I served enlisted before I was an officer for that reason. I know what the men under me are going through and I have no illusions about my relative safety and comfort in comparison. This spurs me to do the best job I can, to serve them and ensure they are safe, and are given the tools to accomplish their mission.

[finnkveldulfr]

I think all officers should have to spend time in the enlisted ranks before getting their commissions. Even that wouldn't weed out all the bad apples in the commissioned ranks though.

In your genuine dedication and honest service to the country (not self-service as is seen in too many of the Army's "leaders"), you are one of the very few genuinely good officers. Don't let them corrupt you.