The Heroes of HQ Company - a podcast by Bruce Crompton
from 2020-10-30T00:05:16
On the freezing night of December 20th 1944 men of the US 82nd Airborne, 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment fought head-on with a deadly SS Panzer Group that vastly outgunned them. This little known battle, which raged for nearly 2 days, would prove to be a pivotal turning point in the Second World War. This is the story of just 5 soldiers from a company of over 100 men, all of them heroes, all of them prepared to pay the ultimate sacrifice.
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Contributors-
-Davis Smith former US Marine weaponry & tactics specialist advisor
-December 44 Historical Museum La Gleize Website dec44.com and on Facebook /Dec44Museum
With special thanks to author Frank van Lunteren -Website http://www.frankvanlunteren.com
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Episode Credits-
Written & Produced by Ed Sayer
Executive producer Paul Wooding
Associate Producer Lois Crompton
Sound design & 3D mastering by Vaudeville Sound Group
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