CAPT. WALTER F. HENRY
Commanding Officer
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3DR. CHARLES V. AUGUSTUS
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FATHf.fi DOYL&
Advent marks .the opening of the.four.
•eek season when Christians prepare for
he great festival of .Christmas, Curing,
\ his interval, men aye invited to me&i-,
ate upon the sublime mystery of Christ*a:
ncarnation and to purify their hearts/,
‘or His coming, ..By repenting of their,
ins and by rededicating themselves '"to
is service, men may. hope to kneej. as
forthily at the shrine of Bethe3h.em'§s
id^the shepherds 2000 years ago. ;
The true spirit of Advent is to be
’ound in the terrible loneliness express
’d by thd prophets of the Old Testament
ho saw the world desolate and dreary—
dth fallen man groping, stumbling and
rring, while all nature awaited the
oming‘ ofra Redeemer. The Redeemer has
ome but His influence is as yet* unfelt
n many hearts. Hence .the world still
nows devastation and despair. But in
very heart that does know the coming of
hrist Advent brings renewed.fervor’that
oon all the world ..will-acknowledge that
n His Goodness God :has given.us' a Sav*
.our who'-is^Ghrist the Lordi.>:
P F P S J
FEATUREj
To the foot soldier trudging west ji
through the snow - blanketed Belgian j
countryside 15 years ago, Christmas
seemed a long time away.
He remembered past Christmases at
home when he exchanged gifts, sat down
to a huge dinner and enjoyed the warm
th and companionship of his family.
Now in mid *» December, 1944* he was j
part of an Army reeling from a vicious
German offensive that materialized out
of the swirling snow and fog in the ^
Ardennes forest. It was to become the
"Battle of the Bulge.”
A thinly"- manned line held by four
U.S.,divisions buckled under an attack
by eight Panzer divisions on Dec. 16.
Along a 40 mile front between Monschau
and Trier, Germany, Field Marshal' Von
Runstedt threw the last of his .reserves
into a last desperate attempt to save
a dying . Reich. , .
Acting on the direct orders of Hitler
Von Runstedt hoped to stave off disas
ter as long, as-possible# He conceived
a’ tactical plan to pierce the thin line
and then sluice away v the sides # The
concept was,,... similar to that of a
powerful stream of water pumped again
st an earth-bank. . ..
Overcast and snow blanketed the Ar
dennes and immobilized any Allied air
counteroffensives• The Panzer waves
poured 'through the breach in the VIII
Corps line ,to. split the Twelfth Army
group.
One of the German objectives was-to
seize the two important rail and read
Centers at St. Vith and, Bastogne. , The
tide swirled eastward through Luxem
bourg and Belgium.
All available/" allied reserves ." were
thrown’. into the breach to blunt Von
Ruhstedt*s offensive. The 101st Abn.
Div. was assigned the task of holding
Bastogne and .the 7th Armd. Div,. was
hold St. Vith.
(AFPS Feature; continued next page).