. >> i am donald phelps.as leading the company column on the left-hand side of the road and the commander was leading on the right side. as we broke over the side of the hill, it was apparent there were some armored vehicles ahead of us. i knew we needed something to go after vehicles of this type with and the bazooka being carried by another man did not come up as fast as i was like -- as i would like. i found the ammunition was across the road. i loaded once, got up close, and fired. i was very gratified the bazooka worked properly and i made a good hit. i had never fired one before. i made two or three trips back to the ammunition supply and i fired again. all of a sudden, somebody spotted -- when needed some help in that area and some artillery fired. i heard it bounce off the end of the bazooka. i realize i've been hit, but it did not seem serious. we succeeded in putting attorney kit around my arm -- tourniquet around my arm by using my belt. after we got back, i could stand up and walk down the road an

. >> i'm donald phelps i was a sergeant in the 333rd infantry of the 84th division.und we could sneak up as easily at night, hit and run. the biggest problem in this type of action was that the regular replacements of the german army had everything so zeroed in that all major road intersections were under constant enterinterdicting fire. >> by the 21st of november the siegfried line had been dented. the objectives in and around gielinkierhim had been finish pd general boling picked linnic as the ideal place for the planned river crossing. >> before our actual combat experience, we always thought that engineers were people who came along after we passed through and repaired bridges and so forth. we actually had engineer squads with each rifle platoon whose function was to place explosive charges and pill box and this helped a great deal in overcoming this resistance. >> in the murderous frontal attack that followed, several discoveries were made. all sectors of the german western front had strict orders to relinquish as little german territory as possible. every inch

. >> i'm donald phelps. i was a sergeant in the 333rd infantry of the 84th division.e biggest problem in this type of action was that the rigor and placements of the german army in the pill boxes had everything so zeroed in that all major road intersections were under constant interdicting fire. by the 21st of november the siegfried line had been dented. the objectives in and around gellenkirchen had been taken. the 84th now headed for the aurora river three miles distant. general bolling picked the city of linich for the crossing. >> before our actual combat experience, we always thought that engineers were people who came along after we passed through and repaired bridges and so forth. we actually had engineer squads with each regiment, platoon, whose function was to place explosive charges in pill box and this helped a great deal in overcoming this resistance. >> the murderous frontal attack that followed, several discoveries were made. all sectors of the german western front had strict orders to relinquish as little german territory as possible. every inch of grou