Posted by Barbara Frum
on 3/17/2009, 10:04 pm, in reply to "Re: 743rd tank battalion"
71.220.163.107
Your town isn't mentioned in the book, but perhaps you can glean something from the following extract from page 89: "By September 12th, the First Army's sustained drive had been stopped. ...... The sprawling ancient ciy of Maastricht threw away its Nazi swastikas and unfurled is black, gold and red flag of Holland on September 14th. Able Company worked with the 117th Infantry to clear Maastricht. At the same time Charlie Company went eastward into Ond Valkenberg .................As the 30th Division pushed along the Maastricht-Aachem road the Germans threw in heavy concentrations of shellfire. Across the 20 mile stretch of Holland that comprises the Panhandle, the three key towns in the route of the 30th Division were Maastricht, Valkenberg and Heerlen.......Other units were entering towns north, south east and west such as Ubachsberg, Kunrade, Welten, Terwinselen."
Hope this helps with your research.
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