He was told to retrieve the message and bring it to the Division Headquarters. Jones notified the Division Headquarters in Bastogne and asked for instructions. The senior officer present was the Regimental Operations Officer, Major Alvin Jones.
Bud Harper, the 327th Regimental Commander, was not there he was out inspecting his unit's positions. The 2nd Battalion Command Post then notified the 327th Regimental Headquarters in Bastogne. Herzke, was on the phone, reading the message to their Battalion Command Post in Marvie. Pappas informed him that the German major had already presented a written message. Adams, the F Company Commander, who had been at a forward observation post when he was notified of the arrival of the Germans. Shortly after arriving at the command post, they were joined by Capt. They took the two German officers on a roundabout route to the Command Post of F Company, 327th GIR, which was a large foxhole located in a wooded area about a quarter mile away. Smith, Platoon Leader of the Weapons Platoon, told them to take the blindfolded officers to the F Company Command Post. Butler, Acting Platoon Leader of the 1st Platoon, and Lt. However no interpreter was needed.ĭickinson and Premetz left the two German enlisted men there and took the two German officers to the Kessler farmhouse. As the blindfolds were being applied, Dickinson was joined by PFC Ernest Premetz, a German-speaking medic of his platoon who offered to serve as an interpreter. Henke blindfolded Wagner and Dickinson blindfolded Henke. In fact, they had brought blindfolds with them. Henke said they would consent to being blindfolded and taken to the American Commanding Officer. The Germans explained that they had a written message to be presented to the American Commander in Bastogne. Dickinson who had been manning a position nearby walked out to the road and called the group over to him. Lieutenant Henke, who spoke English said, "I want to see the commanding officer of this section." Palma was at a loss for words, but Staff Sergeant Carl E. Palma described the officers as wearing long overcoats and shiny black boots. The Germans walked past a bazooka team in a foxhole in front of the Kessler farm and stopped in front of the foxhole of PFC Leo Palma, a B.A.R. The Americans defending in that location were members of F Company of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. The two enlisted men had been selected from the 901st Panzer Grenadier Regiment. Hellmuth Henke of the Panzer Lehr Operations Section, was carrying a briefcase under his arm. The senior officer was a Major Wagner of the 47th Panzer Corps.
The group consisted of two officers and two enlisted men. On December 22, 1944, at about 11:30 in the morning, a group of four German soldiers, waving two white flags, approached the American lines using the Arlon Road from the direction of Remoifosse, south of Bastogne. This military barracks served as the Division Main Command Post during the siege of Bastogne, Belgium during WWII. Anthony McAuliffe and his staff gathered inside Bastogne's Heintz Barracks for Christmas dinner Dec. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption –īrig. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S. 1 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – (Photo Credit: U.S.
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