Remembered Valor: The 60th Anniversary of the Liberation of Bruyères

Feb. 23, 2006 • Greg Kimura

“The best troops are called upon to do the hardest fighting. Whenever a general finds himself up against a tough proposition he sends for the best troops he has…A man who is being shot at daily has a hard time recognizing it as a compliment when, dead tired, bruised and battered, he is called upon to make one more effort to risk his life another time—but it is a compliment, nevertheless.” —Colonel Sherwood Dixon, in a letter to 442d RCT …