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A TIME
FOR TRUMPETS
The Untold Story of THE BATTLE OF
THE BULGE
Charles B. MacDonald - William Morrow and Co., New York (under $20.00)
- - Charles B. MacDonald, author of A Company Commander; The Battle of
the Huertgen Forest; A Field of Red; Airborne; The Siegfried Line
Campaign; Three Battles and others, was one of the youngest Company
Commanders in World War II. A War Historian and Author, he tells it in a
manner that for once and all shows that the blame for the Ardennes
Offensive breakthrough cannot be laid at the feet of the individual
soldier. A book that tells it the way it was.
Posted in honor of Chas B. MacDonald who died in 1993. He gave me great
insights into a battle which had troubled me all my life. It awakened me
and brought me to the 106th Infantry Division Association and to many of
my war buddies, who I had not seen since 1944. (J. Kline)
THE ARDENNES - BATTLE OF THE BULGE
U.S. Army in World War II - European Theater of Operations
Hugh M. Cole, US Army Historian - U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington DC 20402
Stock number 008-029-00069-5 (last known price was under $21.00)
- - Describes the combat conditions from 16 December to end of the Bulge.
It also provides a collection of personal memoirs by participants,
including interviews conducted shortly after the actions described, as
well as written accounts prepared after World War II by the German
officers who took part in the
Ardennes
campaign. 744 pages of print, maps and many, many
photos. Clothbound.
A great book for any veteran or historian looking for information on
The
Battle
of the Bulge.
ST. VITH: A LION IN THE WAY
The history of the 106th Infantry Division is well documented in a book
that was written, shortly after the war, by Colonel Ernst
Dupuy a renowned World War II historian.
Entitled ST. VITH: A Lion in the WAY. It is available in some
libraries (ISBN 0-89839-092-3). A reprint of the book is available from
Battery Press, Inc.,
PO Box 198885
- Uptown Station;
Nashville,
TN
37219.
($39.95 + $4.00 shipping) 615-298-1401 There are very few copies left and
there will be no more reprints.
Books
authored by 106th Infantry Division veterans:
Healing The
Child Warrior
A Search for Inner Peace
By Richard Peterson, Ph.D., "I"
Co.,
423rd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division
Order from Consultors Incorporated, See below.
An autobiographical study of the long range effects of combat and
captivity on young soldiers.
December 1944 - - The
Ardennes
Forest
- -
Battle
of the Bulge
Healing the Child Warrior by Richard Peterson, is a book to give to your
children and grandchildren. It recounts what you couldn't tell them about
December 1944 when two entire infantry regiments and many smaller groups
of soldiers totally disappeared in the Ardennes Forest of Germany. The
author, now a psychotherapist, was there as an infantry sergeant. He
captures the furious fighting in the first days of the
Battle
of the Bulge, and the long lasting effects of combat on the young soldiers
who fought in it.
He recounts the suffering and despair of
prisoners of war, especially in Stalag IXB and Stalag IXA. He discusses
and analyzes the feelings of confusion and withdrawal after the return
home.
Soft cover, illustrated with archival
and current photos of camps.
Pay by Check or MC/Visa - $20.95 plus $3. 00 shipping and handling to:
Consultors,
Inc.
1285
Rubenstein Avenue
Cardiff
by the Sea, CA 92007.
3rd edition now being printed.
Author of CHILD
WARRIORS publishes another book:
How
to Live With PTSD
Causes and Characteristics of POST TRAUMATIC STRESS
DISORDER
A NEW, EASY TO READ BOOK ABOUT A
COMPLEX PROBLEM
By: Dr. Beverly Peterson RN, MSN, Ph.D., and Richard Peterson Ph.D., MBA.
(deceased)
Dr. Beverly Peterson is a retired Navy Psychiatric Nurse.
Dr. Richard Peterson is a former 106th
Infantry Weapons Platoon Sergeant 423/I and was a prisoner of war. Dick,
as you know has been very active in our Association. He has served on the
Association Board, has been recognized by the French with high honors for
his work in connection with research on Stalag IX-A, Ziegenhain, (where
many of our non-coms were held) the effects of incarceration, and the
attendance of several joint meetings - after the war - with the French at
the camp location
It was after this research and many
returns to Ziegenhain that he wrote CHILD WARRIORS, which many of you have
read..
Both he and his wife are psychotherapists who work with clients with PTSD.
Post traumatic Stress Disorder affects combat soldiers, combat medics,
prisoners of war, and those who have lived through auto accidents, natural
disasters, and other traumas. Dr. Peterson has counseled many WWII and
Vietnam Vets through the VA system in
California.
This is a book written for people trying
to understand what trauma has done to their lives and their families, and
to help the counselors who help them in alleviating their agonies.
$26.95 Postpaid.
ORDER FROM Consultors,
Incorporated
Dr. Beverly Peterson
1285 Rubenstein Avenue
Cardiff
by the Sea, CA 92007
760-632-1213.
Checks, MC and Visa accepted.
A NEW 106th Infantry Division
BOOK
By Hal R. Taylor,
423/CN
2172 Rockridge Drive
Grand
Junction,
CO
81503
970-245-7807
email: hal1271@home.com
A TEEN'S WAR
Training, Combat, Capture
Hal says "Available at
most book stores " ISBN 1-58500-491-X.
Listed, also, in Ingram's Books in Print catalog.
Paper Bound; 5" x 8" - 266 pages
Available Online at
http://www.1stbooks.com/
Type "A TEEN'S WAR" in the SEARCH BOX.
Online version available at 4.95
A Printed Bound Copy at $10.95 plus shipping.
About The Book:
A Teen's War describes
the experiences of a small town boy in the latter stages of World War II.
Portions originated from letters written home about induction, training,
and time overseas with the 423rd Regiment of the 106th Infantry Division
and that unit's short period of combat in the
Battle
of the Bulge. Details of capture and escape came from
items the author wrote in prison or shortly after returning home in 1945.
Them material also includes comments of home
folks as they reacted to missing reports.
The story is unique compared to most war
books, for it contains none of the pedantic pretenses of most military
histories, filled with strategy or the so-called "Big Picture." Instead, A
Teen's War tells how a young, private soldier became aware of reality and
the world around him despite his limited view.
All readers who have ever heard the
words, "Missing in Action," will find this book interesting.
Readers who were prisoners of war themselves, particularly of the Germans,
will recall those hellish times and understand that recollection enables
one to live and to cope with the realities of today.
Hal Richard Taylor
About the Author:
Hal Taylor retired as Director of Public Affairs from the U.S. Department
of Agriculture in 1980 after a career that included work at four
universities and for a special project in communication. Then he became an
international consultant and secretary-treasurer of the professional
society, Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE). In 1988, he and
his wife moved from the
Washington,
D.C.
area to Mesa
County,
Colorado,
where relatives had once lived. He soon published a family history,
entitled: Remembering
... Some Taylor-Farwell Connections.
He has authored several articles on communication and has written a number
of chapters for books on agriculture.
 BATTLE
OF THE BULGE
ST. VITH
FOREWORD
by John Kline
M Company, 423rd Infantry Regiment
106th Infantry Division (WWII)
Editor The CUB
106th Infantry Division Association
Web master of this web site.
Author:
Michael Tolhurst,
East Sussex,
England
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 160 pages
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Try wwww.amazon.com or do
a “search” for the name on the Internet.
I met Mike Tolhurst, who
is an ASSOCIATE member shortly after I became editor of The CUB in 1987.
Mike, for years has vacationed in the
Ardennes
area. I once received a photo of him in a foxhole, with a carbine, uniform
and helmet, with a 106th patch on his left shoulder. He sent me many
photos of the
Ardennes
over the years I have known him.
I furnished 44 photos for
the new book and have been honored to write the FOREWORD. Several 106th
veterans have parts of their memoirs in the book. It is about the 106th...
His book is about the
Battle
of the Bulge as it unfolded in front of St.
Vith. It covers much of the action in the first few days of the battle,
leading up to the battle at St. Vith.
As part of a
series of books entitled BATTLEGROUND EUROPE, it is one of 24 books
covering both World War I (20 titles) and World War II (4 titles)
including this new one, ST. VITH.) Over 160 pages, replete with photos and
personal experiences of 106th soldiers. These books are designed to
describe the battle, then give explicit instructions on how to get to the
scenes of action described. Mike Tolhurst knows the St. Vith, Schonberg,
Bleialf area like the palm of his hand. He describes nearly every road,
village and trail leading throughout the battle area.
CONTENTS:
Chapter 1
THE GOLDEN LIONS
A Brief History
Chapter 2 INTO THE LINE
Arrival in
Belgium
and the “Ghost Front”
Chapter 3 THE GERMAN PLAN Operation
“Watch on the Rhine”
Chapter 4 THE ATTACK
Saturday
16 December 1944
Chapter 5 THE INEVITABLE
Surrender
Chapter 6 THE AFTERMATH
Prisoners of War
Chapter 7 TOURING THE BATTLEFIELD TODAY
With a glossary, over 100 photographs of
the Bulge.
Many maps, Indexed, personal memoirs of 106th veterans telling their
personal stories, photos of St. Vith and the damage it sustained.
The
CUB of the Golden Lion: PASSES in REVIEW
OUT OF PRINT
Edited and published by John Kline, Editor of the Association's CUB
quarterly magazine
For and on the behalf of the 106th Infantry Division Association.
A compilation of interesting stories from the 106th Infantry Division
Association's The CUB, a quarterly publication, published since
August 1946. Chapters cover Division, Unit and Personal History; Prisoner
of War Experiences; Feature stories from The CUB, e.g.: Veterans
returning to the battle areas; History of the 106th Infantry Division
Association from its birth in 1945 at Camp Lucky Strike, France; recaps of
the reunions held every year since 1947; Stories of our Belgian friends;
History of our Memorials, etc.
496 pages in an 8.5 x 10 inch four color hard cover.
Published by West Publishing Company,
St. Paul,
MN
- August 1991.
TOP SERGEANT
The Life and Times
of Sergeant Major of The Army, William G.
Bainbridge
by SMA William G. Bainbridge (U.S.
Army, Retired)
396 NE Port Malabar Blvd NE
Palm Bay,
FL
32905
and
Dan Cragg. Foreword by General Bernard W. Rogers (U.S. Army, Retired)
Fawcett Columbine
Ballatine Books, New York 10022
Available at stores like Barnes & Noble and Amazon
Hardcover edition $23.00
Paperback $9.00 (check with store for price)
Beginning with his humble origins as an
Illinois
farm boy and son of a “dirt farmer,” Bill
Bainbridge’s Top Sergeant is the only memoir
of an enlisted man’s rise to the most senior NCO position in the U.S.
Army.
In a military career spanning more than
three decades, Bill Bainbridge saw service in three wars, fought in two of
them, and was captured in one. In World War II, Bainbridge served with A
Company, 423rd Infantry of the 106th Infantry Division. Forced to
surrender during the
Battle
of the Bulge, he spent five months in a German POW camp, weighing only
eighty-six pounds when he was liberated. Discharged in December of ‘45, he
fully expected to spend the rest of his life as a farmer.
But, being called up for the Korean War
ruined his farming prospects and, in due time, “That peculiar chemistry of
training, experience, and promotion began to have its effect, and I
realized that I didn't want to be anywhere else but the Army.” In
thirty-one years of service, Bainbridge served in leading NCO positions
the world over, including Battalion Sergeant Major, 1st Battalion, 28th
Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, II Field Force Sergeant Major in Vietnam,
Sergeant Major U.S. Army Pacific, and Basic Training Sergeant Major at
Fort Benning, where he was instrumental in setting up the first NCO
Candidate Course. Bainbridge was also the fist sergeant major of the
Sergeants
Major
Academy.
He received ten Good Conduct Medals, two
awards of the Combat Infantry Badge, three Army Commendation Medals, and
the Distinguished Service Medal, among others. But the greatest moment in
his career came when he was elected to be Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army,
its highest NCO position, an office he was the first to hold for four
years.
But the most important job of
Bainbridge’s illustrious career was providing for the welfare of his
soldiers. Whether in bas camps in
Vietnam,
aviation units in
Germany,
or training centers in
Fort
Benning,
Bainbridge never forgot what he was there for. “Soldiers will do anything
you asked provided you prepare them with good training and treat them with
dignity.”
Top Sergeant is all about doing what a good sergeant does best – attending
to the needs of his men– and what it takes to be a great noncommissioned
officer in the Army that officers are proud to command– but than NCOs
really run.
BEFORE
THE VETERANS DIE, a
book of poems inspired by World War II...
by Dale R. Carver (deceased)
Poet Laureate, 106th
Infantry Division Association
HQs Co., 3Bn A&P Platoon Leader , 424th Infantry Regiment, 106th
Infantry Division
Order from Ruth Carver (Widow)
742
Druid Circle,
Baton Rouge,
LA
70808
$8.00 post-paid
Dale, a lyric poet, has written his memories of the War. These poems will
bring back memories and visions of the times. He received a battle field
promotion (from 2nd to 1st Lt.) and was awarded the Silver Star for
gallantry under fire.
THE
LION'S SHARE
Donald J. Young, "I" Company, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry
Division
1700 Cheryl
Way,
Aptos,
CA
95003
email: Bigdoni@aol.com
A Story of the
Battle
of the Bulge.
Based on Young's experience with the 106th Infantry
Division. A fictional, surreal account of the
actions of the 106th Infantry Division.
The story depicts the first days of the Battle of the Bulge, and
the reactions of the GI's to their first shelling by enemy tanks and
artillery. The novel also deals with the life of several veterans, during
their days as prisoners in
Germany
until their release and final days in
Paris.
In it's fourth edition having sold over 6,000
copies. Credits given by Paul Fussel, author
of The Great War and Modern Memory; by John
Toland, author of The Story of the Bulge,
and others.
----------------
Also by Donald
TOM'S
WAR
A book of poem's 56 PAGES 5.5 x 8.5 paper
cover
Born of Don's war time experience in The
Battle of the Bulge.
Steven Hanley, English Professor of Creative
writing at
Cabrillo
College,
Santa Cruz,
Californis says,
"Donald Young's war
peotry, as seen in his new book TOM'S WAR combines the
narritive dramatic
quailities of the novel with the lyrical rhythm
amd exciting energy of poetry. The result is
an experience of the drama of powerful war event's,
combined by the private insights of the uniquely gifted poet's heart and
eye."
For a copy of
The
Lion's Share or Tom's
War - send $10.00 (includes tax and postage) to
AVRANCHES PRESS
1700 Cheryl
Way,
Aptos,
CA
95003
SOLDIER BOY
George K. Zak, "M" Company, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry
Division
6159
Brookside Lane #1A,
Claredon Hills,
IL
60514-2916
630-789-2701
115 pages 8 x 5.25 inches, glossy paper cover. Vintage Press, Inc.
Order Direct from the author at the above address...
USA $13.00 (Book Rate mail) prepaid; OVERSEAS $18.00 Air Mail Only
The guns of World War II rumble ominously in Soldier Boy, Author
Zak's riveting account of the dangers and
fatal chances of war. The author's untried infantry unit observed combat
in the Ardennes Forest in December 1944, seeing it, as he says,
"From box seats at a fantastic show from hell and we never knew what the
next act would bring." Unknowingly they were experiencing the beginning of
The
Battle
of the Bulge." Soon to be
participants themselves, they were overwhelmed in this enormous setback
for the Allies, with their unit having to surrender, and the author being
taken prisoner. The saga is a moving compelling history. A veteran of
of World War II, George K. Zak received a B.A.
degree with honors and an M.A. from
Loyola
University
in Chicago.
He eventually became the manager of corporate banking for a large retail
firm. Once a year, on the date of his liberation, George joins other local
survivors of Stalag IV-B to celebrate their survival and to honor the
memory of those who died.
MY HIROSHIMA
A Personal Epic
by Richard Schoeck, 106 Signal Company, 106th
Infantry Division
Mellen Press, Box 450, Lewiston NY 14092-0450
(paper: $14.95) 92 pages
From the author's notes:
An epic can most simply be defined as a long narrative poem, typically
distinguished from other narratives by its greater length and it's
focusing on a single heroic figure or event, and told in an elevated tone
or manner (a grand style of the rhetoricans
and poets). The mythic or legendary achievement that is portrayed in
greater detail has characteristically been one that is central to the
traditions and beliefs of its culture- whether Homer's Iliad, and
Odyssey, or Virgil's Aeneid,
or Beowulf, or Dante's Inferno. The making and dropping of
an atomic bomb on
Hiroshima
and Nagasaki
is manifestly such an event, and it is one that subsumes the traditions
and beliefs--and anxieties--of American culture.
In My Hiroshima I have endeavored to to write
the story of the bombing on Hiroshima as an epic, while construing the
genre as multifaceted and demanding many voices, as well as introducing
various lyric forms. I have drawn upon my own personal experience
(sometimes simply comtemporaneus, but always,
I trust, at least thematically the relevant) in order to add one further
thread of unity to the poem.
Implicitly the poet is always a part of
his poem: not even Homer or Virgil or Milton was able to distance himself
completely from his work, and in our postmodern world we're likely to
stress a role our presents of the poet much more than earlier generations
would have done. I called my poem My Hiroshima in part for this reason:
the poem is about my experiencing (or not experiencing) the grim realities
of that event, and my attempting long after the fact to understand it; and
the title recognizes that there is a personal perspective which I
consciously project. It may be limitation of the poem but, if so, it is
one that accept.
The there is another reason for the
title. For so global land of an event - in its initial historical
dimensions, and still more for its consequences and meanings-that must be
more than one portraying, accounting, evaluation. I cannot pretend to
speak for an entire generation of Americans who were young and in uniform
in August 1945; yet my account, as honest and told as I can't make it, may
shed light for subsequent generations.
The poem, therefore, is My
Hiroshima.
ABOUT the AUTHOR:
Richard J. Schoeck was born in 1920
an graduated from
Rumson High School,
New Jersey,
in 1936. After a few months at
McGill
University
and several years in business, he enlisted in the Regular Army and served
from 1940 to 1946. He studied at
Princeton
University,
where he earned an M.A and a Ph.D. in 1949. Thereafter he taught at
Cornell, Notre Dame,
Toronto,
Washington
and Colorado,
with the final tenure of teaching American literature at the
University
of
Trier.
He has been a visiting lecturer or scholar at Yale,
Princeton,
Dallas,
college
of St. Thomas,
Oxford.
For his scholarship he has received the Ford, Fulbright, Guggenheim and
Canada Council fellowships, and he has been elected A Fellow
Of the Royal Society of Canada and the Royal
Historical Society. Presently he is an adjunct
Professor of English at the
University
of Kansas,
and he lives in
Lawrence,
Kansas,
with his wife Megan. His publications include several
hundred articles, papers and addresses, and a number of edited volumes.
His own volumes include books on Sir Thomas More and Erasmus-with a two
volume biography of Erasmus published at
Edinburgh
in 1990-1993-as well as to collections of poetry: A Raging against
Chaos (London,
1989), The Eye of a Traveller (Mellon
Poetry Press, 1992).
1945, A REMEMBRANCE
Dan Bied "A" Co., 422nd Infantry Regiment, 106th Infantry Division
108 Leffler Street, West Burlington, IA 52655
Dan passed away 25 March 1998. Copies may be
available from his wife, "Millie."
Hardcover, $22; Soft-cover $15; postpaid
Bied was a rifleman and his 188-page book tells his experiences in the
Battle of the Bulge and as a Prisoner of War (POW) at Stalag 12-A,
Stalag 4-B and with a work group assigned to duty in a coal mine in East
Germany. The book contains "Then and Now" photos
and excerpts from some of the articles he wrote about World War II for
Iowa
newspapers.
ESCAPE …
!!!
A
True Story of a World War II P.O.W. the Germans Couldn’t Hold
John M “Jack” Roberts,
1059 Alter Road,
Bloomfield Hills,
MI
48304.
email:
jmr810@aol.com Telephone: 1-248-338-2667
Price: $27.95 includes
shipping and handling - Payable to John M. Roberts
By 106th Infantry Division Association President John M. “Jack”
Roberts, “C” Battery, 592nd Field Artillery Battalion,
This recently published a book is about his experiences during the “Battle
of the Bulge” in December 1944 where he was ambushed and captured
by the Germans. The book, 237 pages, with a colorful cover, gives a
detailed account of his harrowing experiences telling how he was able to
escape his German captors, while behind enemy lines, before reaching a POW
compound. An early chapter in the book gives the reader an overview of his
youth, including his military training leading up to his capture. The book
then concludes with his adjustment to civilian life with its rewards after
discharge from the Army.
Jack’s books were on sale in the “Hospitality Room” during the 57th
Annual Reunion of the 106th Infantry Division Association at
Fort Mitchell,
Kentucky
where many members purchased the books that were on display. For those of
you who were unable to attend the reunion, you may purchase the book
directly from Jack as follows:
456 pages $50.00 + $6 shipping
Dean F. Jewett
168th Combat Engineers,
PO Box
249,
Saco
ME 04072
Author made two
trips to St. Vith, Rhine River, Armor School Library, Military History
Institute, plus personal information from 168th Combat Veterans
168th Combat Engineer Battalion was attached to the
106th Inf Division at St. Vith. Their three line companies were defending
the Prumerberg. A battalion of 600 men suffered 335 casualties, 33 KIA,
the others wounded, POWs or MIA. The 168th is credited with Normandy
Invasion, Northern France, Rhineland,
assault crossing of the Rhine
River, Central Europe.
Ending up near Czechoslovakia..
MEMORIES OF A TOUR OF DUTY
WWII in
Europe
Earl S. Parker “E” Company, 423rd
Combat Infantry Regiment
Available through Amazon,
Barnes and Nobles and Borders at $14.95.
Any book store can order the book by Title,
Author or ISBN Number
Here is the story of a young draftee in World War II
who experienced life in the Armored Force, the Army Air Force pilot
training program and the reality of combat in an Infantry Division. On
line with the 106th in a quiet sector of the Ardennes,
these foot soldiers were in the direct path of the massive German
offensive that became known as The Battle
of the Bulge. Overwhelmed by the sheer might of numbers and firepower
arrayed against them, they managed to upset the enemy timetable until
forced to surrender on the fourth day of what has been called the greatest
battle of the war in terms of men and machines. This book is about an
individual and his experiences under fire and as a prisoner of war;
liberation by the Russian Army and his adventures on a hike across country
to rejoin the American Army. Here, an attempt has been made to create the
feeling of the times in addition to the problems of the moment. It is a
book about real people in a tragic period of history.
THE WARMTH OF A SONG
Helen von Erck
A Love Story
About Freedom Set During The
Battle
of the Bulge - World War II
ISBN:
1-4017-9656-6 (Soft Cover)
ISBN 1-407-9655-8 (Hard Cover)
Check your
local stores and the Internet for prices. Available at
www.barnesandnoble.com
and
www.amazon.com
Her book is also available on her website
http://wwwwarmthofasong.com
Almost as if
torn from today’s headlines this a riveting
story of patriotism and courage, love and comradeship, as told in The
Warmth of a Song. Set against World War II’s
Battle of the Bulge this adventurous tale is
inspired by actual eye-witness accounts. As Hawk Clarke fights for God and
country, when the platoon he leads narrowly escapes from the German Panzer
battalion that has them surrounded, he also learns the greatest freedom of
all -the courage it takes to free the human spirit. Returning to
Boston
after a sniper’s bullet penetrated his spine; Hawk mourns the loss of his
once strong legs. Can he break free from the cage he feels his life has
become in time to help an old woman release a miracle?
Helen von
Erck: helenve@cs.com
Helen von
Erck lives in
Atlanta,
Georgia
with her daughter, Hayley. While growing up in
South County,
Rhode Island,
she began cultivating a lifelong fascination with history. She has turned
that interest into a passion, and has conducted in-depth research into the
life and times of the 1940’s and World War II. She attended the
University
of Rhode Island
and the
University of
Denver
where she studied Business Management with a minor in Creative Writing. As
a child, Helen started cultivating her storyteller skills, while she
entertained the other kids on the playground with her stories. She later
began her professional writing career as a restaurant reviewer writing for
an entertainment newspaper in
New Hampshire.
This is her debut novel. warmthofasong@yahoo.com |
