"We moved past the prisoner cage and saw six to eight German prisoners there. They
looked to be very young kids, sixteen or seventeen years old, and very scared as what the
day would bring. We weren't very calm about our prospects, either." (Memoir, page 7)
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James H. Langford |
James Langford, 2002 | World War II, 1939-1946
Army
Company I, 3rd Battalion, 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division
United States; Europe
Sergeant
Flint, MI
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In December 1944, at the tender age of 19, James Langford was a married man with a
young daughter, but he was far from home, serving as a rifleman in post D-Day Europe.
His descriptions in his memoir and interview of the Battle of the Bulge are vivid,
horrifying and even amusing, as when he describes the antics of his company's two
"goof-offs," too lazy to dig the deep foxholes they would need---until an artillery barrage
spurred them into action.
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