IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. — Eighty years ago Thursday, in a war-torn town in the middle of Europe, a young soldier from Irondequoit turned into Santa Claus. The children in Wiltz, Luxembourg hadn’t celebrated ...
The days were cold and hard in Luxembourg in December 1944. Residents of the tiny town of Wiltz had just been liberated after more than four years of brutal German occupation. Members of the U.S. Army ...
A Rochester soldier’s part in bringing cheer and hope to a town in Luxembourg during World War II has been given the stamp of approval. Actually, it’s two Christmas stamps issued by the Luxembourg ...
The spirit of Christmas lived on in the village of Wiltz, Luxembourg, after a small number of American GIs renewed a tradition that was once forbidden to celebrate under Nazi occupation. Author Peter ...
By December 1944, when the 28th Infantry Division reached Wiltz, Santa Claus had been MIA for years. And then . . .
The story of American soldiers in WWII created a tradition that continues to this day. During WWII, Wiltz, Luxembourg, suffered under German occupation—streets renamed, language banned and traditions ...
These American soldiers from the 28th Division Band and Quartermaster Company, stayed and fought Germans in Wiltz, Belgium, until their ammunition was exhausted. Shown at Bastogne, Belgium. 12/20/44.
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