TASK FORCE mayes

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      In the early morning of 18 December 1944, the US ‘Task Force Mayes’ (Major James Mayes), 14th Cavalry Group (Mechanized) were ambushed on the road between Poteau and Recht in the Ardennes, by the German SS.’Kampfgruppe Hansen’, Panzergrenadier Regiment 1 LSSAH who were supported by paratroopers from the 3.Fallschirmjäger-Division, later they posed for the SS-Kriegsberichter among the wreckage after the attack.

      A couple of German war correspondents arriving at the scene of these events shortly afterward, took some shots that have gone down in documentary history.
      By this time it seemed that the entire US. Army in the Ardennes was on the verge of collapsing.
      (“The 1st SS Panzer Division in the Battle of the Bulge”)

      (Photo source – NARA III-SC-197569/198249/198250

      (Color by Julius) Jääskeläinen)
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      I always wonder what some of the soldiers are thinking when you see them in the pictures from WWII

    • #37010

      good point 🙂

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