33 - The American St Nick
The WW2 Podcast
Angus Wallace
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2016
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
With the holiday season upon us I've a festive episode for you.
The US 28th Infantry Division landed in France in July of 1944. After fighting through the Bocage and taking part in the parade through Paris to mark its liberation they were sent to the Hürtgen Forest.
Badly shot up they we're withdrawn and sent to a small town in Luxembourg called Wiltz.
To tell the story of the American St Nick I'm joined by Peter Lion whose book "The American St Nick" tells the story.
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| 0:25.0 | Season's Greetings to you all with a Christmas themed episode today. |
| 0:32.0 | I'll be transporting you back to December |
| 0:34.4 | 1944. But before we get started as I huddle around my candle for warmth |
| 0:41.3 | like a latter day bold |
| 0:42.8 | cratch it, I'd like to thank all those people who |
| 0:45.7 | support the show via Patreon. |
| 0:49.2 | It's thanks to you, my tiny Tim, actually it's not Tim, I have a daughter, we'll be having turkey for lunch |
| 0:55.9 | on Christmas day and not k-rations. To become a patron of the show and receive extras, head over to Patreon.com slash W.W2 |
| 1:07.6 | podcast. There you'll find a short video of me explaining it all and how it works. So that's Patreon.com slash |
| 1:15.7 | W. W.2 podcast. So as I charge my glass I toast you all and to quote Dickin's Tiny Tim God bless us everyone. |
| 1:27.0 | Hello and welcome to another World War II podcast I'm Angus Wallace. |
| 1:31.0 | I'm joined by Peter Lyon in his book American St Nick he tells the story of |
| 1:36.1 | servicemen in the 28th US Infantry Division and their discovery of the |
| 1:42.4 | European St Nicholas festivities. |
| 1:45.8 | Peter, thanks for joining me. |
| 1:48.4 | Let's start with the US 28th Division. |
| 1:50.8 | They landed in France in July 1944. They had a rough time. |
| 1:57.0 | You know, they were in England and Wales training for like nine months prior to the invasion of Europe. |
| 2:05.0 | And they did not go over in the initial wave |
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