[The following takes place as the American 506th, in WW2, is traveling along ‘Hell’s Highway’ to the town of Uden to defend the town against a Panzer attack that the Dutch underground had warned the American forces was coming from Helmond.]
Winters and Nixon climbed up to the top of the church steeple to have a look. When they got to the belfry, the first thing they saw was German tanks cutting the highway between Veghel and Uden. Then Winters spotted a patrol coming toward Uden. He ran down the stairs, gathered the platoon, and said, “Men, there’s nothing to get excited about. The situation is normal, we are surrounded.”
Source:
Ambrose, Stephen Edward. “Hell’s Highway.” Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004. 131. Print.
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