Veterans of far-flung campaigns.

[**The following is in relation to American troops of E Company encountering German soldiers who were veterans of the fighting on the Eastern Front, against the Russians.**] >What veterans of far-flung campaigns these German soldiers were was revealed in a little incident in Rachamps. Sergeant Rader related it: “I almost killed a Kraut prisoner for laughing at me after I got to the town, only to have someone grab my M-1 and shout, ‘Sarge, he has no lips or eyelids!’ >He had lost them on the Russian front, frozen off. ______________________ **Source:** Ambrose, Stephen Edward. “Attack.” *Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest*. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004. 219. Print.