Word: roetgen
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Dates: during 1944-1944
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...first U.S. armor rumbled into the first German town, Roetgen, Germans froze and stared. Then a German made a tentative V-sign. A woman started to cry. Finally a Hausfrau approached with an offering-a skirtful of green apples. Against orders, the G.I.s passed out chocolate...
...demonstration took place in the town of Roetgen (pop. 2,300), near Aachen. Many of the townspeople had fled. Some were hiding in terror. Civil Affairs Officer Captain Gordon F. Thomas, of Brockton, Mass., drove in with five men, parked his jeep in front of the post office, established himself as judge, mayor and military boss...
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