My Grandfather Ralph J. Vanderpool fought directly under General S. Patton, in the 6th Armored Divison - as a gunner on a tank, and taking many German prisoners, and liberating the concentration camp Buchenwald - The 6th crossed the Rhine at Oppenheim on 25 March, drove on to Frankfurt, crossed the Main, captured Bad Nauheim, and continued to advance eastward, and surrounded and captured Mühlhausen on 4–5 April. After repulsing a light counterattack, it moved forward 60 miles to cross the Saale River and assisted in freeing Allied prisoners of war and the notorious German concentration camp at Buchenwald. The division raced on, took Leipzig, crossed the Mulde River at Rochlitz on 15 April 1945, and stopped, pending the arrival of the Red Army. Defensive positions along the Mulde River were held until the end of hostilities in Europe. The division was deactivated on 18 September 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York. Read More Below:
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