“Patton Found Out His Unit Had Been Sharing Their Rations With a Starving Village for Three Weeks”
In November 1944, a supply inspection of a forward infantry unit outside Ettelbruck, Luxembourg, uncovered a discrepancy that the inspecting officer could not explain through normal consumption patterns. The unit's ration records showed a sustained shortfall over the previous three weeks, amounting to roughly 15 percent of its total food allocation. The shortage was regular … Read more