World War 2 Journal Volume 1

Men fought, at times, with only rifles, grenades and knives against German armor. They fought with only light weapons in waist-deep snow, in blizzards, in near zero temperatures and in areas where heavy forestation and the almost total lack of roads presented problems that only men of stout hearts and iron determination could overcome

The 82nd Airborne Division, still awaiting reinforcements and much re-supply at its base camps in the general area of Rheims, France, moved 150 miles with its first combat elements going into position in less than twenty-four hours and the entire division closing in a new combat area in less than forty hours from the time of the initial alert.