06-17-2008, 08:55 AM
Ambush at Poteau
On December 18, 1944, very early in the morning at around 7 A.M, the US 14th Cavalry Group (Task Force Mayes) with elements of the 18th and 32nd Squadrons had gotten in an ambush of the German "Kampfgruppe Hansen" of the 1st SS-Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" on the road between Poteau and Recht. Propaganda movies were made by the Germans shortly after those fights and the numerous photos are often used as typical photos from the Battle of the Bulge.
