St Vith Quotes

“The task of writing the history of the 106th Infantry Division was undertaken at request of the 106th Infantry Division Association. In agreeing, the author made the one basic proviso that he should write the story in accord with all available evidence, without bias, and as an impartial critical analysis.”
― R. Ernest Dupuy, St Vith: Lion in the Way: 106th Infantry Division in World War II

“Pfc. Leonard J. Savitskie and his driver jumped into the car and swung its .50-caliber machine gun on the Krauts. An enemy mortar opened up behind the building and Savitskie, with a hand grenade, raced from his car behind the building under small-arms fire, lobbed the grenade and destroyed mortar and crew. The one-man task force then got into his armored”
― Ernest Dupuy, St Vith: Lion in the Way : 106th Infantry Division in World War II [Illustrated Edition]