Joseph liebgott

He made the jump into the Netherlands. While on patrol, the group that he was with encountered a German patrol, and an incoming grenade wounded him in the arm and Roderick Strohl slightly, while James Alley and Joseph Lesniewski were wounded more severely.

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Alley had thirty-two wounds in his left side, face, neck, and arm, while Lesniewski got hit in the neck by shrapnel. Later, after Easy Company commanding officer Richard Winters led the charge up on the dike, the German artillery opened up on The Crossroads and, in return, American artillery returned fire. One of the American shells exploded near Liebgott, wounding his elbow.

He was noted by Winters as being an extremely good combat soldier and loyal friend; however, Liebgott had a rather rough attitude towards prisoners. Liebgott was ordered to drop all his ammunition but one round, so as to ensure that the German prisoners made it back. Liebgott was nearing a breaking point at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.

He was pulled off the line and made a Command Post CP runner. After a few days, Liebgott returned to the line to be with his buddies, but his feelings of stress and tension also returned. This time, he was assigned to st Division Headquarters S-2 intelligence , due to his ability to speak German and interrogate the prisoners.

On January 15, Sgt.