He included among his many military adventures the command of the U.S.22d Infantry Regiment in Normandy in 1944 and he led a breakout in the Battle of the Bulge after surviving a bloody ordeal in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.
He included among his many military adventures the command of the U.S.22d Infantry Regiment in Normandy in 1944, and was the first American officer to lead a break through the Siegfried Line on Sept.14,1944. He led a breakout in the Battle of the Bulge after surviving a bloody ordeal in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.