- Contributed by
- Egon-Rode
- People in story:
- Egon Rode
- Location of story:
- Koblenz, Germany
- Background to story:
- Army
- Article ID:
- A2869365
- Contributed on:
- 27 July 2004
24th December - 1944
The troop train that I was on stopped in Koblenz. At about lunchtime we were strolling about outside the train. We noticed a squadron of American planes approaching from across the Rhine. We saw bombs dropping onto the Rhine. Only a short time after, our troop train was attacked and several bombs hit it. It all happened within a few minutes. Some people got injured. One person got killed in the carriage that was hit by a bomb. That was our Christmas gift.
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