Search results

That explains it, eme411, thanks. He told me that the coldest he had ever been in his life was the night they made the run to intercept the German advance (they covered some amazing mileage in 12 or so hours, nobody thought it could be done, not even the Wehrmacht). Patton was something else.

I had an Uncle was a tank commander (M-4 Shermans) under Patton, and he did tell me a story once of how cold those tanks were during the Bulge. He said buttoned up that they at least kept the wind off of you, but if I remember right there was no "heater" in those things (so I guess collective...