May the world never forget In the woods behind this monument on 18th December 1944, 'E' Company of the 506th P.I.R, 101st Airborne Division, U.S Army, dug their foxholes in the Bois Jacques Woods as part of the defence perimeter of Bastogne City that was soon to be surrounded by several enemy divisions. The circumstances were dreadful with constant mortar, rocket and artillary fire, snow fall, temperatures below -28 Celsius at night with little food or ammunition. The field hospital had been captured so little medical help was available. On December 24th the 'E' Company position was attacked at dawn by about 45 enemy soldiers. The attack failed and 'E' Company held their position with 1 casualty against 23 of the enemy. The position of 'E' Company was twice bombed and strafed by American P-47's. During the periods of January 9th and January 13th 'E' Company suffered it's most casualties ending with the attack and capture of Foy on January 13th, 8 were killed in Foy and 6 earlier. During the whole period 32 were wounded and another 21 evacuated with cold weather illnesses. In many units involved in the defence of Bastogne the casualties were even greater. This monument is dedicated to all that fought and is a symbol of what happened to other units during the Battle of the Bulge.... The Eagle will always scream for our fallen brothers Name Service # Date John T Julian 34806849 01/45 Warren H Muck 12131169 01/45 Alex M Penkala 35549002 01/45 Carl C Sawosko 16100548 01/45 John E Shindell 35530711 01/45 Harold D Webb 35880340 01/45 Kenneth J Webb 32383307 01/45 Harold G Hayes 34892610 12/44 Donald B Hoobler 20508303 01/45 Francis J Mellett 20229437 01/45 A P Herron 33657700 01/45 Patrick H Neill 12238576 01/45 Richard J Hughes 42104549 01/45 Eugene E Jackson 13011290 12/44 The title says it all, a group of GI's brought to public awareness as a symbol of all who fought.I must have watched the series 3 times before I arrived here.I couldn't get near the monument at first for the crowd of people.I stepped off the road and into the tree line and entered a very strange world.There before me still clearly visible, the foxholes and slit trenches once occupied by brave,scared men.By far the most chilling sight though are the trees.Among 60 odd years of new growth stand the shattered and splintered trunks of huge pine trees, blasted apart by German artillary, it makes a chilling sight.I returned to the monument and got my photo and read the inscriptions.I recognised some of the names, I could even put faces to them, but the faces were actors.I read the first line 'The eagle will always scream for our fallen brothers' several times and realised something, untill that moment, standing there, the first line had always read 'Cast in order of appearance'....soldiers appear in movies, they don't make them, they're far too busy just trying to stay alive.....lest we forget......