Comments on: The Monuments http://www.belgiumkneewarmers.com/2008/04/the-monuments.html Pro IS PROGRAM GO Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:50:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Opsimath44 http://www.belgiumkneewarmers.com/2008/04/the-monuments.html/comment-page-1#comment-13189 Opsimath44 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:03:00 +0000 http://66.147.244.157/~belgiumk/2008/04/the-monuments/#comment-13189 Back in the 80's, I was the intelligence officer for an engineer battalion stationed in Germany. Each year we would do a staff ride, a battlefield tour accompanied with professional development readings and study. And my last year there, we walked the grounds of the Battle of the Bulge, specifically pertaining to the book <i><b>The Damned Engineers</i></b> and the roads that Kampfgrupped Peiper attacked along. I didn't know it at the time, but those are the exact same roads used by Liege-Bastogne-LIege. St Vith, Malmedy, Trois Ponts, and Stevelot are all along the race course and are all important historical markers.<br/><br/>http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/EPO-L-B-L-April-2008<br/><br/>It's hard enough to imagine racing full speed down these roads. Now image driving ton-and-a-half trucks in the middle of a muddy winter. Back in the 80′s, I was the intelligence officer for an engineer battalion stationed in Germany. Each year we would do a staff ride, a battlefield tour accompanied with professional development readings and study. And my last year there, we walked the grounds of the Battle of the Bulge, specifically pertaining to the book The Damned Engineers and the roads that Kampfgrupped Peiper attacked along. I didn’t know it at the time, but those are the exact same roads used by Liege-Bastogne-LIege. St Vith, Malmedy, Trois Ponts, and Stevelot are all along the race course and are all important historical markers.

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/EPO-L-B-L-April-2008

It’s hard enough to imagine racing full speed down these roads. Now image driving ton-and-a-half trucks in the middle of a muddy winter.

]]> By: Bolivar http://www.belgiumkneewarmers.com/2008/04/the-monuments.html/comment-page-1#comment-12666 Bolivar Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:42:00 +0000 http://66.147.244.157/~belgiumk/2008/04/the-monuments/#comment-12666 Great correlation.<br/><br/>My uncle came in to Bastogne with Patton's crew to relieve the US troops who took the brunt of the shelling, he said it was the worst thing he had seen through his experience in war. He came up through Italy and saw quite a bit. He has some jaw dropping stories that shocked us all one Thanksgiving day, and this isn't a man who mentions his service time very much, to the point his family didn't even know some of his past.<br/><br/>On a different note, Radio and Padraig, could use some help, looking at some new frame/forks and would greatly appreciate your opinion of what I am considering. Thanks, Bolivar Great correlation.

My uncle came in to Bastogne with Patton’s crew to relieve the US troops who took the brunt of the shelling, he said it was the worst thing he had seen through his experience in war. He came up through Italy and saw quite a bit. He has some jaw dropping stories that shocked us all one Thanksgiving day, and this isn’t a man who mentions his service time very much, to the point his family didn’t even know some of his past.

On a different note, Radio and Padraig, could use some help, looking at some new frame/forks and would greatly appreciate your opinion of what I am considering. Thanks, Bolivar

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.belgiumkneewarmers.com/2008/04/the-monuments.html/comment-page-1#comment-12661 Anonymous Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:34:00 +0000 http://66.147.244.157/~belgiumk/2008/04/the-monuments/#comment-12661 Excellent. Thank you. Excellent. Thank you.

]]> By: mathias_d http://www.belgiumkneewarmers.com/2008/04/the-monuments.html/comment-page-1#comment-12660 mathias_d Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:23:00 +0000 http://66.147.244.157/~belgiumk/2008/04/the-monuments/#comment-12660 Thanks for the post. My grandfather and his good friend fought in the Bulge and remained good friends until my grandfather's death on Pearl Harbor Day 1998.<br/><br/>Being Jewish, WWII has more significance than any other major event in the past century. I never had a chance to discuss much of the war with him and I'm sure he didn't want to but shed quite a few tears watching Band of Brothers and thinking of him.<br/><br/>May peace return to us sooner than later, and never shall we forget the Holocaust. Thanks for the post. My grandfather and his good friend fought in the Bulge and remained good friends until my grandfather’s death on Pearl Harbor Day 1998.

Being Jewish, WWII has more significance than any other major event in the past century. I never had a chance to discuss much of the war with him and I’m sure he didn’t want to but shed quite a few tears watching Band of Brothers and thinking of him.

May peace return to us sooner than later, and never shall we forget the Holocaust.

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