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WWII Tank Gunner Describes Combat

WWII Tank Gunner Describes Fierce
Armored Combat Against Germans

I was so moved by this video that I felt I needed to share it.

Walter Boston Stitt, Jr., is a World War II veteran who served as a corporal in the 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division. Stitt arrived in France one month after the D-Day landings and would find himself serving as both a loader and gunner in the M4 Sherman Tank.

Stitt would fight in both France and Belgium, and participate in helping counter the last great German offensive of the war, The Battle of the Bulge. During his time in combat Stitt would survive the destruction of three Sherman tanks, witness the death of three crew members, and be wounded twice by enemy fire, earning him two Purple Hearts for his service.

Interview recorded on November 8, 2024

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Relief of Bastogne a D-Day to Berlin Scenario

Relief of Bastogne

Coming In January

The III Corps’ Counterattack Toward Bastogne
The Verdun meeting on 19 December set in chain the first
of a series of actions which the Allies would take to wrest
the initiative from the enemy. Nonetheless a few momentous,
nerve-shaking days had to elapse before the first gun
of the counterattack could be fired.

Relief of Bastogne
Relief of Bastogne

This scenario for D-Day to Berlin depicts General Patton’s 3rd Corps attack to Relieve Bastogne.  At his disposal was the hardened 4th Armored Division as well as the 26th and 80th Infantry divisions.

Opposite him was the 5th Fallschirmjäger Division, the 382 Volksgrenadier Division and the Fuhrer Grenadier Brigade.

Fighting is bitter in the cold and deep snow.  Low clouds and snow keep the US Air Corps from helping.

This scenario gives you special rules for this campaign as well as new rules for D-Day to Berlin.