When Germans Captured These Americans — One of Them Killed His Way Through 6 Bunkers

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When Germans Captured These Americans — One of Them Killed His Way Through 6 Bunkers

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At 09:15 on March 18th, 1945, First Lieutenant Jack Treadwell pressed his face into frozen German soil near Nether Warsbach, watching eight of his men get cut down on a barren hillside 200 yd ahead. 25 years old, four years in the army, battlefield commission at Anzio. The Sig Freed line stretched 630 km across western Germany, 18,000 concrete bunk... Read More

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