Operation Undertone~Nordwind

If you enlarge this map, note in the upper left quadrant, the pink box with the white cross...that is where Dad's 253rd Infantry was attached for a few weeks to the 44th Infantry Division, under Haislip's XV Corps. Here you can also note, they were being beseiged by the fanatic 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division, and a French division was at their backs. It was such an even fight, they stayed in the same place for a week. I'm currently researching an eye-witness account by a German soldier, "Seven Days in January". Fascinating reading. The forward is written by Theodore C. Mataxis, Brigadier General, US Army (Retired).