{"id":2533,"date":"2016-08-01T18:30:53","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T18:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leelinesteamers.com\/?p=2533"},"modified":"2016-08-01T18:50:31","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T18:50:31","slug":"august-1-1994-rennes-france-50-young-american-men-died-in-less-than-5-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leelinesteamers.com\/?p=2533","title":{"rendered":"August 1, 1944 Rennes France 50 young American men died in less than 5 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JAMES<\/a><\/p>\n

This historical account was sent to me by Nancy Buchant whose father died along with my uncle Jim and 47 other young American men August 1, 1944. \u00a0The Captain in charge was told by a young French boy that if he continued down the road they were on they would be cut down like rabbits but if the went into Rennes by a different way they would slide in like butter. \u00a0The Captain replied that tanks weren’t designed for street fighting and continued down the road they were travelling, resulting in German 88 mm fire destroying 6 tanks, a number of half tracks and the lives of almost 50 men. \u00a0This unit had landed on Utah Beach approx. 2 weeks previously. \u00a0Later that day 2 P-47’s destroyed the German 88’s. \u00a0The following is a brief account of this fighting. \u00a0The citizens of Rennes France have memorialized the deaths of these young men who died fighting to free them from German occupation and oppression. \u00a0The town build a memorial listing each man and the place of his burial. \u00a0 The wiki link below can be translated from French to English and gives greater detail about this memorial.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.wiki-rennes.fr\/Herbert_R._Bachant,_un_lib%C3%A9rateur_mort_%C3%A0_Saint-Gr%C3%A9goire<\/p>\n

\"Rennes<\/a>\"Rennes<\/a>\"Wrecked<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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