The Frontier Kid

This might a good time to explain how the Fourth Amored got its name, the breakthrough division. From the time of the Normandy Invasion until the final surrender of the german's, the 4th armored division hammered and battered at the wehrmacht ---and we never failed to break through. But we really clinched the nickname Breakthrough Division with our thrilling smash through to the relief of the beleagured 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne .We had 4 or 5 tanks that made contact with some guys that were in a trench that didn't know who we were at the moment, when they found out we were from the 4th armored, hot damn was the happy reply wer'e sure glad to see you. We didn't rest on our laurels after the brilliant rescue of the 101st , after Bastogne we smashed our way through the Eifel mountains and secured the high ground over the Kyll river, shelled and captured Bitberg. We then shifted into high gear and roared 65 mile's in one day to Coblenz .We then crossed the Rhine near Worms and gave the germans in that territory a terrific shellacking. In 6 months from the beginning at Normandy, the 4th Armord Breakthrough Division soldier's had recieved over 1800 decorations. ( Also called the Blood and Guts division ) ,

Now that I think about it I should go back to our last encounter around May 8th 1945 and explain some of the things I forgot to mention that may be important to the reader and probably will not be in the history books as this was a short skermish that stopped us momentarily from entering Prague Czechoslovakia. We encountered resistance at a little town by the name of Susice .After this was cleared we went on and entered Prague on May 8th. Prague was mostly spared from the results of war so it was decided this would be a good place to hole up for awhile and get back on track regarding army disciplinary procedures, as when fighting a war disciplin is more or less confined to the individual himself. As an American we were trained to uphold the articles of war like only giving your rank and serial number if ever captured. However., as a fourth armored division GI we were also trained to be invulnerable, hostile and to cripple the german army in any way you felt that would take him out for good. It was rumored in the german army that the only way a person could get in the forth armored division would be if he was born a bastard and had killed his mother.The regular german army soldier was terrified of the men in the fourth armored, the BLOOD AND GUTS division.