274th Infantry Regiment
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following excerpt was sent to me by Bill Donofrio, E/274. It is a excerpt of a letter from
Col. Cheves, author of "Snow Ridges and Pillboxes".
"We had it rough, but during my research I
realize how fortunate our 2nd Bn was. A Bn of the 45th and one from
the 79th was completely lost.The one from the 79th was lost at
Drusenheim where we first located on the Rhine. We pulled away from
there the day before the Germans came across. I was getting
nervous, hearing all that noise coming across the river. I knew they
weren't planning a peaceful defense. You may not remember but I
pulled troops back from the river except for listening posts, and
had a motorized reserve ready to attack in case they across. By
that time, our Bn had a 9 mile front, impossible to defend
everywhere. We were expendable I guess, but we would have given them
a hot time for awhile. I know you feel the same way I do, that we
were fortunate to survive. There was so much fate involved."
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Excerpt from letter by Col.
Bob Cheves || Reg. Hqs and Battle sites
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