. >> i knew we were understrengthened, we had a disadvantage and i'm so proud of my guys because theyt, but i got wounded and they finally took me off the hill that night about 9:00 p.m. >> in the fighting the rangers sustained over 133 casualties and then the german casualties were enormous, in excess of several hundred. >> at that point, were the americans finally in a position after three months of constant fighting in the huertgen forest to control one of the last pieces of key terrain before the ruhr river and the plain. >> we had orders to attack on the 13th of december. and our ultimate objective was the dam. >> retired lieutenant general frank grew up an army brat and entered west point in 1939. >> i decided to go to the outfit my father was in, artillery man in the 78th division. >> captain cam led the 303rd battalion of the 78th i.d. general hodges ordered the division to take the dams and continue the attack into hitler's industrial ruhr river valley. >> we decided to go around rather than go across those terrain compartments and in doing that, we in our first couple days,