Ed & Ray Hersman in WWII - Robert Marks.org

4.9. LUXEMBOURG Ed & Ray Hersman in WWIIFigure 4.6: World War II K rationsand Sgt. Mackey while we were on patrol. These two men were constantlydrunk and although they were supposed to lead the patrols, they never did.4.9 LuxembourgOne day we loaded on trucks and went to Luxembourg. We skirted Paris andeventually went through Saarburg. 14 This was the first town we saw wherethe signs were written in German.We passed through Luxembourg City 15 and disembarked from the trucksin Luxembourg near the Siegfried Line. 16 My section was given three Jeepsand we scouted for Germans. We did not find any, since they had pulledback to the Siegfried Line in Germany. My battalion sat O.P. headquartersin a small town called Herborn. 174.10 HerbornThe section was ordered to set up an observation post on a hill overlookingthe Lauer Valley and the Siegfried Line. We set up the O.P. behind a row of14 See the map in Figure 4.1 #6.15 See the map in Figure 4.1 #7.16 See Figure 4.8.17 See the map in Figure 4.1 #8.57