After the Battle of the Bulge, our division was attached to the 3rd Army under the command of Gen. Patton. We were the “Mysterious Division” so-called because all the markings on our vehicles were painted over so we could not be identified. This was done to confuse the Nazis.
We were assigned to a flanking probe and soon ran into very stiff resistance. The Nazis were dug in with heavy tanks and artillery, forming a defense line that we could not go through with our light tanks. Heavy tanks were called in to help and light tank crews dismounted and fought as infantry.
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