The Signal Battalion Infantry Division

Author : Robert W. Cronenweth
Publisher : Trafford
ISBN 13 : 9781412024853
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book The 28th Signal Company in World War II written by Robert W. Cronenweth and published by Trafford. This book was released on 2004 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of the 28th Signal Company covers the activities of the unit from 1936 through 1945. It contains personal anecdotes, recollections and photographs of Company veterans from the World War II period, as well as reports from a wide range of military and civilian sources. Because the Signal Company moved with the Division Headquarters, this account also includes much information about the 28th Infantry Division itself. Of particular interest to historians and researchers is a highly original examination of the events that led to The Battle of the Bulge. Based on declassifi ed secret information as well as personal accounts, this controversial and compelling analysis explains how The Bulge was not a "surprise attack" - but rather the springing of a carefully laid trap by Generals Eisenhower and Bradley to draw the Germans out from behind the heavily fortified Sigfried Line and engage them in the open. Also published here for the first time are the personal experiences of individual Bulge survivors recounting the opening days of the battle. With orders TO HOLD AT ALL COSTS, the men of the 28th Infantry Division stalled an overwhelmingly superior German force for three days, enabling the 101st Airborne Division to move into Bastogne. The author, Robert W. Cronenweth, served over a period of twenty-eight years in the 28th Signal Company and 28th Signal Battalion in grades from Private to Lieutenant Colonel.