Christoph,
I could not respond earlier and so happy that the system is up and running now. It is always so exciting to see if you have written anything.
First of all, as always, Thank You very much for all of your efforts! I can send you a check for whatever costs you incur on my behalf. You are a riot when you say "What am I exactly looking for?" That is so funny. And my response, will be I am not sure. This is a tougher task than you thought!
I have written you off line and not sure if the messages have arrived.
Great questions about where on earth do you run, even if you do get out. On top of that my Dad had a rotten sense of direction! But Dad did not escape until March 15th so that solves the Remagen Bridge knowledge since that was March 7th. Early in Dad's Vmails home from Siegburg (I have to look for exactly what he said) he did not appear to have much War news like from a radio. The news was coming from the captured and wounded soldiers.
But ( because of limited time) I can tell you at a later time more details about the fact that they did have some way of getting news.
So assuming Dad knew about Remagen, and his last 2 days of running and hiding he spent at a German farmhouse that had a young Belgian boy doing the farming, where was he? As Dad would say, he was not there as a tourist! And no gave him an itinerary of just where he was at any special time. He knew he landed D Day on Utah Beach and I got him to write down, as best he could, what the names were of all of the places he fought in or passed through. But this location is quite vague. He was, however, pleased with the potato soup that the farmers gave them. He felt it had more potatoes in it than what was on the menu at Siegburg.
Now what unit was in this vague location is a question. More to follow tomorrow,
Jean