Battle of the Bulge Match

[skeet]

My father in law was a machine gun squad leader in Europe 1944. He told me he captured a few of those MG-42's and used 'em....BUT..due to the distinctive sound he got rid of 'em real quick. He was shootin at the Germans..and they shot back..facing their own guns..and the sound drew fire from the American side. He figured that all those bullets couldn't miss so he burned 'em down to scrap with thermite. He said when they opened up with one of 'em you just kept your head down. This from a guy who earned a Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, Croix de Guerre and some kind of stuff from the Brits who he fought with(commando raiding) for 3 1/2 yrs. Only opposition he said he was ever scared of. Oh...and the Sihks that the Brit commando teams usually had on them. He said they were scary dudes. Liked knives alot he said... I have a whole lot of tapes I made while he was talking about the war. He was a bit of a scary guy himself. Wounded 4 times. He and his partner captured a Tiger tank..