Hello, 

 My name is Louis Vander Stuyft. I’m 17 years old living in Belgium. For school I need to make a paper about a certain topic we can choose. Because I’m interested in the second world war I choose the topic: The Battle of the Bulge.
The title of my work is:How did the Allies counter the german attack at the battle of the bulge at world war II?

I already described what I found in history books. To make my work more personal I would like answers to the following questions.

What is your name?
What is your nationality?
How old were you when you fought in the battle of the bulge?
In what division, battalion, regiment did you fight in the war?
What rank did you have?
How did you get involved in the war? Did you volunteer?
Where and when did you fight in the battle?
Did you thought the war was as good as over before the Germans launched their offensive in the Ardennes?
What did you think when you heard the Germans launched a big offensive?
Was the battle of the Bulge a battle like any other battle in the second world war or was it different at any way?
How was the moral of the troops, of your friends, of you at the time?
How was the weather?  Did you or your friends had trouble with the weather conditions? What did you do against it?
Did the enemy had more recourses (weapons, ammunitions, food …) then you did?
How did the allies win the battle of the bulge? Whas it the courage, the hard fighting of the troops on the field or where it the plans of the generals who made the difference (or a combination of both)?
Were there many casualties in your unit?
Did you get help from the people who lived in the area of the battle?
Did you ever return to Belgium? How did it feel? 

Do you have some more interesting information,  facts, stories…?  You can always tell me.
Can you maybe add a picture of you (at the battle)?  

Thank you very much for your help! Kind regards

Louis

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Please forward your response by 3/1/13 to either of the following:

Ralph@battleofthebulge.org

or

VBOB, PO Box 336, Blue Bell, PA 19422

Ten members of the Lehigh Valley Chapter, pictured below, were awarded the French Legion of Honor at the French Embassy in Washington DC on November 20, 2012.

Front row (l-r)
William Leopold – 75^th Infantry Division
Evangeline Coeyman – 59^th Field Hospital

Back row (l-r)
Gene R. Nadig – 750^th Tank Battalion
Morris D. Metz – 94^th Infantry Division
John A. Caponigro – 87^th Infantry Division
Jack A. Lippincott – 8^th Convalescent Hospital
Nathan Kline – 9^th Air Force
Roy A. Minnerly – 11^th Armored Division
Frank Maresca – 75^thInfantry Division
Donald W. Burdick – 16^th Field Artillery

Two other chapter members were awarded French Legion of Honor, but are not in the group picture

Six members of the Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge who are also members of the Lamar Souter Chapter of  VBOB were awarded the French Legion of Honor on October 23, 2012.

(l-r standing)
Robert Nordgren – 83^rd Infantry Division
Fabien Fieschi – Consul General of France
Frank Woolridge – 90^th Infantry Division

(l-r sitting)
Armand Descoteau – 80^th Tank Battalion
Edward J. Pizzetti – 75^th Infantry Division
Margaret Hammond Walenski – 16^th General Hospital
Roger Wheeler – 702^nd Tank Destroyer Battalion

Submitted by Christian W. de Marcken, Associate

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