Jan 28th Journal Entry and Cliff Hope-Screaming Meemies

Jan 28 Control-Lengler to Oudler. Stuck in convoy.

New division vehicle #s all covered (think it's 4th Div)

Some of those guys were in New York Jan. 8th!

Flat tire-schrapnel.

Cliff Hope

We surveyed on the Trois Vierges-St. Vith highway from Lengler to Oudler on 28 January. It was very cold and we were stopped once by heavy snow. I did absolutely nothing, nor did the computers, except for going back to bring out chow. "What the sense of all this is and why we didn't wait to come in for chow beasts the hell out of me." I wrote in my diary that night. "We have enough men to alternate on plenty of jobs." As we neared Oudler, there was a five-minute German screaming meemie barrage. Infantry men reported that 40 German prisoners were captured in Oudler the day before. By the side of the main road there were 60 mm mortars, and the road itself was clogged by the 87th and 90th Divisions moving up with plenty of artillery. We saw a new outfit with tape covering the vehicle markings, giving credence to rumors we had heard about a new secret Fifteenth Army thrown into the battle.

Screaming Meemies-or Nebelwerfers

The 150-millimetre Nebelwerfer, a towed, six-tube launcher, was particularly respected by U.S. and British troops, to whom it was known as the “Screaming Meemie” or “Moaning Minnie” for the eerie sound made by the incoming rockets. Maximum range was more than 6,000 yards (5,500 metres).

The Nebelwerfer (smoke mortar) was a World War II German series of weapons. ... They were primarily intended to deliver poison gas and smoke shells, although a high-explosive shell was developed for the Nebelwerfer from the beginning.

Video, audio of the Nebelwerfer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZ_ySyXA4s

Most Terrifying Sounds of WWII
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izcl4YKpQSk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnk45gGC5UI

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