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Mecca: Local soldier recalls fighting at Battle of the Bulge
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The Army’s 2nd Infantry Division landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day +1, June 7, 1944, near St. Laurent-sur-Mer. After crossing the Aure River to liberate Trevieres on June 10, the 2nd Infantry Division started a trek across France that would take them all the way into Germany. The infamous Battle of the Bulge would be part of their 303 days of combat.