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Re: Feldgrau Author: Doug Nash

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 3:13 am
by RandJS
All,

Just purchased Doug Nash's "Victory Was Beyond Their Grasp" the 272 VGD's battles in the Hurtgen Forest. Very interesting, highly detailed book. Congratulations and thanks, Doug.

RandJS

Re: Feldgrau Author: Doug Nash

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 7:25 pm
by Doug Nash
Rand,
You're welcome! Hope you enjoy it - I hope I was able to present a picture of what that phase of the war was like for the average German soldier.
Regards,
Doug Nash

Re: Feldgrau Author: Doug Nash

Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 8:01 am
by Dai Kingsbury
Hi Doug, thoroughly enjoyed Victory was beyond their grasp. Do you know if the Fusiliers wore the little red band around their shoulder straps? Thanks Dai.

Re: Feldgrau Author: Doug Nash

Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 8:43 am
by Doug Nash
Dai,
Thanks for asking and glad you enjoyed the book. There is no indication in the pile of documents in my possession that they wore any type of special insignia. I asked that question of the veterans in my interviews and they all shook their heads "no." But - if you want to know one way that they differentiated between the platoons, the 1st and 2nd Platoons, the Maschine-Pistole Platoons, they were Fuesiliers and wore yellow-piped shoulder straps of Reiter/Aufklaerungs troops, which was their branch arm of the combat troops. The 3rd Platoon, the infantry platoon, wore white-piped shoulder straps of the infantry arm. Hope this helps ---
Regards,
Doug Nash