The story
On Sept. 14th the HQs of the 1104th Engineer Combat Group set up a forward CP in an old hotel at Maastricht that had been abandoned by the Germans.
The hotel formerly had been a sort of "rest home" for the German troops stationed in Maastricht and seemed to be just the thing for a CP.
The building was checked for booby traps by two separate parties, but in spite of their best efforts, about 2000 hours that evening a time bomb went off just over the main dining room of the hotel, killing private William Greentree and wounding two others.
De plaquette werd geplaatst (14 september 2004) op initiatief van de winkeliers van "De Brusselse Poort" en de vereniging "Wonen boven Winkels".
The hotel formerly had been a sort of "rest home" for the German troops stationed in Maastricht and seemed to be just the thing for a CP.
The building was checked for booby traps by two separate parties, but in spite of their best efforts, about 2000 hours that evening a time bomb went off just over the main dining room of the hotel, killing private William Greentree and wounding two others.
De plaquette werd geplaatst (14 september 2004) op initiatief van de winkeliers van "De Brusselse Poort" en de vereniging "Wonen boven Winkels".
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