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[ MAX NOE, as a member of the military postal staff, was responsible for sorting mail
-: I ^ ^ __ ~~~~~and writing money orders at his mobile command post, as well as delivering pay tounitsonthe
front line. At first, Noe served his position in Wales and England, but then moved with his divi-^^^^
Ml^^ ^^^ sion into France, arriving on Omaha Beach on D-Day + 12.
:0 ^^ _^^^^B _ ~Noe's 28th Infantry Division moved quickly as the front line advanced, and eventually they
found themselves in the Ardennes Forest. Bad weather had set in, and taking advantage of this
situation, Hitler enacted his infamous counterattack now known as the Battle of the Bulge. Faced
with this setback, Noe's commanding officer picked 118 members of his staff, handed them
weapons, and told them to dig into a mountainside near Wiltz, Luxembourg. Noe recalls, he
then instructed them "To hold out to the last, men," and after a long pause added, "good bye
and good luck." With that, the commanding officer left this ragtag assembly of men, under the
leadership of the band director. /
Amazingly, the small group of men stalled the Germans for 18 hours until they were finally
overtaken. Noe and two comrades then attempted to rejoin their division, which they believed
had pulled back to Bastogne. With no map, no compass, and through "pea-soup" weather, these men got within 200 yards of
their destination when a German soldier atop a dapple gray horse came galloping over, shouting "Halt, halt." With that, Noe
became a prisoner of war. Even if they had made it to Bastogne, the men would have found that the town was already under
German control.
Between December 23, 1944, when he was captured, and April 12, 1945, when he was liberated, Noe endured uncertain times.
The reality first set in that he was no longer "in charge of his destiny" on the night of December 24th when the POW group
approached a country church. As the worshippers exited, they took notice of Noe and his fellow prisoners of war. The Germans
marveled at the sight, having never seen American soldiers before. One girl even gave Noe a piece of sweetened bread, which
far exceeded the cracker and spoonful of syrup that would be his Christmas meal the next day.
Noe was liberated from Stalag 4b, in Brausweig, Germany on April 12th. He was wearing the same clothes he was captured
in, he hadn't bathed in five months, and he suffered from pneumonia, malnutrition, and lice. Doctors said if Noe had been in
captivity another month, he would have died. Looking back on his experience, this POW and Purple Heart recipient said: "1
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