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The faces behind the story

25 lives recovered.

Behind the "400" — lives, faces, voices. Each portrait is the result of archival research, family testimonies and primary sources.

Lt. Colonel Samuel Mason Hogan, commander of Task Force Hogan, Battle of the Bulge 1944 LT. COLONEL
Samuel Mason Hogan
Task Force Hogan commander · Refused the surrender
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Major General Maurice Rose, commander of the 3rd Armored Division, Battle of the Bulge MAJOR GENERAL
Maurice Rose
Commander, 3rd Armored Division · Ordered the breakout
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LTC Prentice E. 'Iron Mike' Yeomans, 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Task Force Hogan LT. COLONEL
Prentice E. Yeomans
"Iron Mike" · 83rd Armored Recon. · Coordinated rescues
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Major William S. Walker, executive officer of Task Force Hogan, Marcouray 1944 MAJOR
William S. Walker
Executive officer · Task Force Hogan
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Major Travis M. Brown, 3rd Armored Division, 33rd Armored Regiment, Task Force Hogan MAJOR
Travis M. Brown
3rd Armored Division · 33rd Armored Regiment
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1st Lt. Robert A. Weatherford, Battery B 486th AAA Battalion, air defense at Marcouray 1ST LIEUTENANT
Robert A. Weatherford
Battery B, 486th AAA Battalion · Anti-aircraft defense
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Lt. Clark V. Worrell, Task Force Hogan reconnaissance platoon, Battle of the Bulge 1944 LIEUTENANT
Clark V. Worrell
Reconnaissance platoon · Task Force Hogan
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Second Lt. Carrol A. Trembley, Silver Star and Bronze Star, Task Force Hogan Marcouray 1944 2ND LIEUTENANT
Carrol A. Trembley
Silver Star · Bronze Star
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Staff Sergeant Lee Brenson Porter, hero of the Christmas 1944 breakout, Task Force Hogan S/SGT
Lee Brenson Porter
Hero of the Christmas breakout · Neutralized the sentry
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Sergeant Herman Robertus Rewerts, Task Force Hogan, buried at the Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten SERGEANT
Herman R. Rewerts
5 campaigns · Buried at Margraten (NL)
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Sergeant Arnold Schlaich, HQ Company 33rd Armored Regiment, Task Force Hogan, Ringlet Farm December 1944 SERGEANT
Arnold Schlaich
HQ Company · Bronze Star, Purple Heart
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Sergeant John « Little King » Grimes, mortar platoon, 33rd Armored Regiment, defender of the Hotton bridge SERGEANT
John « Little King » Grimes
Mortar platoon · Defender of the Hotton bridge
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Everett W. Schafer, artilleryman of Task Force Hogan present at Marcouray, helmet marked “Elma” S/SGT
Everett W. Schafer
Present at Marcouray · His helmet bore “Elma”
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PFC Harry J. Guidry, Louisiana, Task Force Hogan soldier, witness of the Marcouray breakout PFC
Harry J. Guidry
Louisiana · Oral testimony of the siege
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PFC John A. Stewart, Glens Falls New York, 33rd Armored Regiment Task Force Hogan PFC
John A. Stewart
Glens Falls, NY · 33rd Armored Regiment
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PFC Robert Marion Cassady, Lafayette Indiana, Task Force Hogan soldier killed in February 1945 PFC
Robert M. Cassady
Lafayette, Indiana · KIA 27 Feb. 1945
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PFC Wallace Siarkowski, Task Force Hogan soldier killed at Marcouray on December 22, 1944 PFC
Wallace Siarkowski
Fell at Marcouray · 22 Dec. 1944
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Clement Elissondo, Sherman M4 tank gunner in Task Force Hogan, identified by William Hogan TANK GUNNER
Clement Elissondo
Sherman gunner · Turret frozen at Marcouray
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Doc Louis Spigelman, Task Force Hogan battalion surgeon who stayed with the wounded at Marcouray BATTALION SURGEON
Doc Louis Spigelman
Stayed with 14 wounded · Taken POW
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Staff Sergeant Raymond A. Kuderka, Task Force Hogan medical team, prisoner of war Marcouray 1944 S/SGT
Raymond A. Kuderka
Medical team · Stayed with the wounded
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Captain William R. Wales, C-47 pilot killed on December 23, 1944 during Task Force Hogan's resupply CAPTAIN
William R. Wales
C-47 pilot · Fell during supply drop, 23 Dec. 1944
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Staff Sergeant André C. Mongeau, French-Canadian radio operator, bailed out of his C-47 over Marcouray RADIO S/SGT
André C. Mongeau
Radio operator · Québec · Bailed out of C-47, reached Marcouray
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Léa Téchy, Belgian resistance member who sheltered Task Force Hogan's HQ at Marcouray, December 1944 BELGIAN WITNESS
Léa Téchy
Sheltered the HQ · Marcouray
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Lucie Soreil, Belgian civilian witness of Task Force Hogan's encirclement at Marcouray, age 9 in 1944 BELGIAN WITNESS
Lucie Soreil
9 years old in 1944 · Childhood memories
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Lucien Orban as a child at Marcouray in December 1944, civilian witness of Task Force Hogan BELGIAN WITNESS
Lucien Orban
7 years old in 1944 · Eyewitness
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