Comments on: In Alsace, Peaceful Vineyards Belie a Traumatic Past http://www.historynet.com/in-alsace-peaceful-vineyards-belie-a-traumatic-past.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Mon, 20 May 2013 19:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Xavier Kreiss http://www.historynet.com/in-alsace-peaceful-vineyards-belie-a-traumatic-past.htm#comment-233774 Xavier Kreiss Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:21:02 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682139#comment-233774 Dear Sir, Thank you for this informative and thoughtful article. As for Mr Isom (who also comments), I hope he knows that the people of Alsace, indeed of the whole of France, will never forget the American friends who did so much for them. I believe the Americans and French fought side by side in Alsace. You might notice that I, too, have one of those hybrid names. My grandfather was an Alsatian. Dear Sir,

Thank you for this informative and thoughtful article.

As for Mr Isom (who also comments), I hope he knows that the people of Alsace, indeed of the whole of France, will never forget the American friends who did so much for them.

I believe the Americans and French fought side by side in Alsace.

You might notice that I, too, have one of those hybrid names. My grandfather was an Alsatian.

]]> By: Harold L. Isom http://www.historynet.com/in-alsace-peaceful-vineyards-belie-a-traumatic-past.htm#comment-233722 Harold L. Isom Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:34:49 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682139#comment-233722 "In Alasace, Peadeful Vineyards Belie A traumatic Past" My father a 2nd Lt. With the 44th Div. Co.E told me the story many time about operation "Nordwind". The German soldiers dressed in White attacked in force yelling out "Happy New Year Yankee Bastards" My fathers Captain Howard Goldsmith called for artilery to be aimed at there line. The call back was this is on your position and the response was so is JERRY. My father said the next day you could walk on bodies and not touch the snow. Artilery according to a veteran artilery solder was they fired for 6 hours straight. Co E holds the record for the number of days on the line before relief. Co E ended up in Umhausen Austria at the Krone Hotel where they were looking for a place to still indoors and came across a cache of documents and memorabilia stored by Erich Von Ribbentrop. The documents were used at the the war trials. Thanks for the Article. Harold L. Isom "In Alasace, Peadeful Vineyards Belie A traumatic Past" My father a 2nd Lt. With the 44th Div. Co.E told me the story many time about operation "Nordwind". The German soldiers dressed in White attacked in force yelling out "Happy New Year Yankee Bastards" My fathers Captain Howard Goldsmith called for artilery to be aimed at there line. The call back was this is on your position and the response was so is JERRY. My father said the next day you could walk on bodies and not touch the snow. Artilery according to a veteran artilery solder was they fired for 6 hours straight. Co E holds the record for the number of days on the line before relief. Co E ended up in Umhausen Austria at the Krone Hotel where they were looking for a place to still indoors and came across a cache of documents and memorabilia stored by Erich Von Ribbentrop. The documents were used at the the war trials.
Thanks for the Article.
Harold L. Isom

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