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Regfromthebulge
Joined: 09 Nov 2008
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Location: Bastogne , Belgium
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 Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 9:23 am Post subject: Battlebus at Marmion Farm |
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On 7 June 1944 , some members of a famous company were having a photoshoot inside the Marmion Farm , situated 800 yards south of Ravenoville towards Foucarville at the intersection with the D15 Baudienville road .
  
The Germans dug a trench west of the dirt road that leads you to the farm .
Donald Burgett and his Able-Co buddies occupied that trench and set up a roadblock at the intersection using Hawkins mines . The mines were covered by cowpies . “That’s all there was…!”
There used to be a treeline next to the road to Ravenoville . That’s where Don saw the german catwalks in the trees.
Standing in a ditch at the intersection they noticed a farmer walking towards the crossroads pulling a handcart and they hollored “ No..No..No….Boom..Booooom…”
The farmer didn’t understand and continued his way. While running back to the trench they saw how the man easily walk through the mined roadblock and disappeared .
Don occupied the trench near the roadblock and thought it would come in handy to have some protection . He started to collect rocks and built a 2 feet wall , Harold Phillips jumped in and gave him a hand .
A German soldier started to fire from across the road with a Schmeisser and hit the stone wall several times . He swung around west and spread the trench with his LMG …
Don threw a handgranade and the german disappeared .
PfC Justo A. Correa from TX (WIA Bastogne ) was sitting in the trench and his helmet showed a bullethole at the front and in the back . He lived . The bullet went in , swung around the liner and got out at the back .
Wednesday 21 may Woody took our bunch to Marmion where Don told us his story and pointed exactly where he had built that stone wall .
His grandson Jake jumped in the bushes to get into the trench ….
A few minutes later….
This was the first of many highlights of our trip with Battlebus !
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Jacques Wood
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Great pics and description Reg.
Its amazing that some of the stones are still there after all that time.
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Ronald78
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Marmion Farm. Looked for it, couldn't find it. Maybe we passed it but I sadly didn't notice it. Next time I'm in Normandy, I'll find it for sure.
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Battlebus
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| Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:01 pm Post subject: Marmion |
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Ronald,
Next time you're here I'll take you there
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