Ed & Ray Hersman in WWII - Robert Marks.org

4.14. FREEZING IN LANGLIR Ed & Ray Hersman in WWII4.14.5 Attack from LanglirThe next morning we attacked from Langlir and the house and drove theGermans into Petite Langlir. G Company did most of the fighting and preparedto spend the night on the mountain overlooking the town. After darkI lead food vehicles along the road and they looked like they were dug in forthe night. I went back to the C.P.Some of the men in G Company started thinking about the Germans inthe warm houses in Petite Langlir while they were freezing on the mountain.They decided to attack the Germans and run them out. The word spreadand E Company decided to go with them.The companies went down the mountain and into town. The Germanswere taken completely by surprise. They had no guards out. The Germanshad to be woke up so they could surrender. The next morning GermanVolkswagens bringing hot food to the Germans were captured. The battalionaid station also moved into town.As soon as the Germans became aware of the town’s capture they counterattackedwith tanks. The Americans had no tanks or anti-tank guns andthe Tigers shot up the companies pretty bad. The mountain down into thetown was subject to German direct tank fire and hardly anything could reachthem.4.14.6 German WeaselI was ordered to go with a captured German Weasel and see if we could getsome medical supplies supplies to the aid station. There was a road downthe mountain but our driver went cross country because of German tank fire.It was the most frightening ride I was ever on. The Weasel was going as fastas it could down the mountain, we were being shelled and we made it.American and German medics were working together in the aid stationto take care of the wounded. The German tanks had hit a lot of GermanP.O.W.’s along with the Americans.75