224836 PFC. Walter Charles Meyer BSM.United States Army 141th Inf Regt. Co K. 104th Inf. Div. from:Buffalo, NY My father, Walt Meyer was a 'BAR' rifleman. His most vivid memories, those which he would talk about, revolved around the flooded Ruhr crossing, the cold, cold winter and riding the hulls of the Canadian Tanks, across the Rhein River.
He also recounted a story where they were clearing houses, house-to-house, and found his mother's wedding picture on a sideboard in the dinning room.
He was also very angry with having to pick-up refugees and prisoners fleeing from Berlin, instead of being able to go in and take the city themselves. He really hated the Russians.
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