Sgt Leo:
It amazes me even after all these years, that some people still don't believe that certain things happened in the war. Like GI's, photographers, Generals and so on, made up all these stories. Hmmm, let's guess which forum that may have been on... 
Why would it be so hard to fathom that Germans who could speak English and have ready access to American uniforms wouldn't and couldn't do things like that?
If I am reading your above post correctly, it would appear that the person or persons on the other forum made a vast assumption just because Joe and Russ hadn't come across it. As you said, they were further south as my dad was, and they or their company, battalion, etc., would not have experienced this. But many did and there is proof in records, film, etc.
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"