Christoph, I did not have a chance to say Wow and Thank you for the new cemetery picture and information. I look forward to going there whenever it is that we get to come back to Siegburg, based on all of our schedules.
How awful - that bombing - for Theo's son, thank goodness his Mom lived, hope she was okay. Sister E. Koch maybe will know what physical area was bombed at that time.
These 2 303rd men I met on the telephone, went back to Siegburg with other members of their Regiment.
It was such an incredible experience for me to get to hear a man say he went from Buell to Hangelar and then to the plain area of Nieder. and then told to "be ready to move!" This was around 4 or 4:30PM. Six men lifted each boat, 3 on each side, it was a wooden boat, and they jumped in and paddled across the Sieg River. Then they ditched the boats. All the while being fired upon. Then they ran up the bank so they could get to somewhere protected.
More to follow but wanted to share that and this: Marion, you and Christoph and others will love to hear that the Division had an Engineering component that helped handle all of this!
Bye for the moment,
Jean J