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4th Armored WWII Photos Personal Diary Battle of the Bulge Bastogne
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4th Armored WWII Photos Personal Journal Battle of the Bulge written by Sam Garcia. I picked up this historical group of WWII items about 20 years ago and have decided to part with it. I hope someone can appreciate the significance of one mans story with the 4th Armored Division during a crucial time of WWII.Samuel B. Garcia from Texas. If I remember right he may have lived in Benavides. There is a picture of Sam with his friends and I cropped it so we can see who he was. The names were on the back of the photo.
Sam typed in his experiences in the 4th Armored booklet " from the beach to Bastogne". On the 2nd to the last page he writes....
" Dec 20 - 31 inclusive (1944) Christmas Eve we were shelled and strafed. Christmas Day we were strafed and bombed. A very sad day as some of my buddies were killed by enemy bombs. Tears rolled down my cheeks.
This was Bastogne; we spent part of the winter inhere; it was terrific cold; snow everywhere; weather below 0. One night as I was on guard duty, enemy artillery shells began to fall close to where my post was. I got close to a stone wall, trying to find protection from pieces of shrapnel. I expected death at any minute. Shells continued to come in, but God my protector saved me."
On one of the German postcards he writes " German Officer (Pictures that I found 3). There is also group of postcards in an envelope " The Liberation of Luxemburg. Misc. pictures of a friend and more postcards and pictures. A piece of history.