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Author: del398
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Hi Helen,
I just hope you'll be able to help me. I live in Belgium 40 miles from Bastogne. Some
years ago, I met an old man in the town of Rochefort. He related me what happened on
december 1944 when he met a young lieutnant named Wiecking and help him to secure
crossroads of the town before the Germans arrived. And, on december 25, when the first
german tank entered the town , it shoot a shell just the house behind my friend. He heard
a man screaming, and when he went to the house, he find the young lieutnant with his arm
nearing cut by the shell. He took care of him, and, as the Germans occupied the town, he
proposed Wiecking (I don't know his first name), to find a german sanitater to save
his life. He agreed. A german ambulance take Wiecking and my friend never heard about him
after. So, I would like to know if you know something about this young officer. What's
happened after ? Did he come back to USA ? Have you some pictures of him ? Thank you very
much for your help. Jean-Mich!
el
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