Attached was the following note:
"This flag was obtained in Stolberg, Germany off the Municipal Building. I was in a home we took over to use as a foward observer post. Stolberg was an industrial town where they were making Ford trucks, We were not allowed to shell the factory but we shelled the trucks as they left. This was in the fall of 1944.
We had to leave the observation post as a new lieutentant came in while I was there alone, he opened a shutter as he said we could see better. When he did that I started to wind up the telephone line. I told him we had to get out of there and we did, none too soon as a German 88 shell entered the room as soon as we left. I had no trouble with the lieutentant after that. The Germans had been looking for movement the same as us. This all took place before the start of the Bulge. we stayed in Stolberg for a long time and were there when the Battle of the Bulge started. We left for Belgium in a hurry. It was a long hard drive."
William E.
Bty C, 67th Field Artillery
Third Armored Division
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