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BOB KAUFFMAN
"D" Co, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment
3rd Armored Division
INDEX
Also see: Video Interviews & Talks
... and visit a site by Grandmenil,
Belgium, resident Bob Konings
about the fighting there in December, 1944:
http://www.grandmenil.com/
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"THE REPLACEMENT"
Released in late 2009
and available on Amazon.com
Bob Kauffman joined the 36th AIR, Co D, in
Normandy in mid-June, 1944, as a replacement for a rifleman who
had been killed. Between then and May, 1945, he was wounded three
times, twice hospitalized, and twice rejoined Co D. It's not
an exaggeration to say that Kauffman's harrowing close-in experiences
as an infantryman, and his close-calls with death, exceeded those
of any Hollywood-portrayed soldier, real or fictional. How he
somehow survived was nothing short of a miracle. This engrossing
book will put you at his side, but, beware, this was a time when
infantrymen did not have body armor and bullet-proof helmets.
Read book's Introduction & Foreword,
and enlarge the cover.
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Top Photo: Robert F. Kauffman in 1944. Lower Photo: Kauffman
in middle of group at Grandmenil, Belgium Church on May 4, 1990
for Thanksgiving Mass, with, from left to right: D. Francois
of CRIBA and the Manhay Foundation holding photo of the late
Lester Wertman; M. Pierre Hubin, mayor of the Manhay district,
holding flag; Robert F. Kauffman, holding gift from the Manhay
district; Pete Derr, who travelled with Kauffman; and Raymond
Goeme, of Liege, representing CRIBA (the Center of Research &
Information on the Battle of Ardennes). (Photo from University
of Illinois 3AD Archives) |
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