The Malmedy Massacre occurred at 1:30 PM when the Germans began assembling their prisoners in an open field approximately sixty to eighty yards from the crossroads on the westside of road N23 ... There would be 111 Prisoners of War in the total group ... More Americans who had hidden behind the barn just south of Caf Bodarwe, came into the field about 15 minutes later.
In the next few minutes one of the most horrible scenes of the entire war unfolded ... A German officer was standing in a SPW on the left, he raised his pistol and took a slow deliberate aim and then fired at the group ... The Germans in the two SPW's started yelling and firing machine guns at the prisoners.
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Entered the service from Michigan.
In the next few minutes one of the most horrible scenes of the entire war unfolded ... A German officer was standing in a SPW on the left, he raised his pistol and took a slow deliberate aim and then fired at the group ... The Germans in the two SPW's started yelling and firing machine guns at the prisoners.
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Entered the service from Michigan.
The Malmedy Massacre occurred at 1:30 PM when the Germans began assembling their prisoners in an open field approximately sixty to eighty yards from the crossroads on the westside of road N23 ... There would be 111 Prisoners of War in the total group ... More Americans who had hidden behind the barn just south of Caf Bodarwe, came into the field about 15 minutes later.
In the next few minutes one of the most horrible scenes of the entire war unfolded ... A German officer was standing in a SPW on the left, he raised his pistol and took a slow deliberate aim and then fired at the group ... The Germans in the two SPW's started yelling and firing machine guns at the prisoners.
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Entered the service from Michigan.
In the next few minutes one of the most horrible scenes of the entire war unfolded ... A German officer was standing in a SPW on the left, he raised his pistol and took a slow deliberate aim and then fired at the group ... The Germans in the two SPW's started yelling and firing machine guns at the prisoners.
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Entered the service from Michigan.
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