Appendix A
COMMENTS
Headquarters III Corps, G-3
27 March 1945
The 51st Engineer Combat Battalion story has been
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checked by the battalion staff, and approved.
following comments were offered on the points that were
raised by you [Major Richard Shappell, CO, First Army
History Team] and [Major] Frank [Ferriss]:
1
What happened to the three enemy tanks? (See
Captain Sam Scheuber, CO of Company C
,
pages 21-22.)
states that none of the three enemy tanks attempted to
He says
follow Company C into the town of Trois-Ponts.
that he cannot explain this by any fact other than that
they anticipated stronger defenses in Trois-Ponts. Later
the same day that the three tanks approached, P-47s gave
the positions a working over and one armored vehicle--
believed to have been one of the three tanks--was observed
burning for a long period.
2
What happened when the Germans in American
uniforms attempted to cross the bridge?
(Code Name:
(See page 39.)
LITTLE MAN, WHAT NOW?)
Captain Karl Pedersen, CO of Company A, states that
there was no firefight; no tussle; no r e a l contact.
The
enemy merely thought better of the idea when they
discovered that there were real GIs at the bridge.
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