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From his dugout, Lieutenant Lyle Bouck suddenly saw a German lift a white flag into the air and walk up the hill. Bouck ordered his men to hold their fire. The German was asking for time to remove wounded from the hillside.
Bouck’s soldiers took their places in two- and three-man dugouts that had already been built into the side of a hill behind the town. Bouck had his men cut down trees and place them on top of the dugouts for additional protection against possible German shelling.
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- Early Military Service and The Us Entry Into World War II
- Arrival in Europe
- Holding Off The Germans During The Battle of The Bulge
- Prisoners of War
- Fighting For Recognition
- Post-War Life
Lyle Bouck enlisted with the 138th Infantry Regiment with the Missouri National Guardat the age of 14. Despite his young age, he was a hard-working young man looking to earn money for his family, who was struggling financially. By 16, he’d been promoted to Supply Sergeant. On December 23, 1940, the 35th Infantry Division was activated for one year ...
Throughout World War II, Bouck was the first lieutenant in charge of Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon, 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division, making him one of the youngest officers in the US Army. The 99th Infantry Division arrived in La Havre in early November 1944, and by the end of the month was sent to the Ardennes region, rel...
On the morning of December 16, 1944 – the first day of the Battle of the Bulge– Bouck’s platoon was in a defensive position, manning observation posts along the right flank of the 99th Infantry Division. They came under heavy fire from the advancing German 6th Panzer Army, later engaging in a 10-hour firefight. In what later became known as the Bat...
Following their captures, Bouck’s unit was forced to walk two days to the village of Jünkerath, where they were loaded into boxcars and transported with other prisoners of warto Stalag XIII-D, before being moved to Stalag XIII-C. In the latter camp, enlisted men were separated from noncommissioned officers, who were sent to Oflag XIII-B. General Ge...
Unaware of just how outnumbered his platoon had been during the Battle of Lanzerath Ridge, Bouck considered the wounding and capture of his unit a failure. It wasn’t until later that he learned the true extent of their actions and the repercussions, in regard to delaying the German advance along the Meuse River and the north, in general. The action...
Following the war, Bouck returned to St. Louis, where he served as an Army recruiter. At one point, he applied for back pay for accumulated leave, to which the Army paid him the rate of an enlisted man. This infuriated him, as he’d been an officer while accruing the leave. Bouck then went on to attend the Missouri Chiropractic College through the G...
May 1, 2022 · While Bouck was on the radio with Lt. Bungee back at regimental headquarters, a bullet smashed into the transmitter. Bouck was fortunate. PFC Kalil was less so. As fired from his fortified dugout, a German rifle-fired grenade came flying through the narrow, 18-inch aperture and struck him at the side of the face.
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Led by 20-year-old Lieutenant Lyle Bouck Jr., the unit of 18 men and four forward artillery observers held off an entire German battalion of over 500 men during a 20-hour-long fight, inflicting about 96 casualties on the Germans.
