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In December 1944, on the misty road between Poteau and Recht, American and German forces clashed in a chaotic ambush that produced some of the most recognizable footage of the Battle of the Bulge.

In June 1943, the first German prisoners arrived at Camp Hearne, a prisoner-of-war camp outside Hearne, Texas. Many were noncommissioned officers from the Afrika Korps, captured after the Axis defeat ...