Taught to Kill: An American Boy's War from the Ardennes to Berlin

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Taught to Kill RELATED TITLES FROM POTOMAC BOOKS A Mind in Prison: The Memoir of a Son and Soldier of the Third Reich, by Bruno Manz My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March, by Lester I. Tenney Strike and Hold: A Memoir of the 82nd Airborne in World War II, by T. Moffatt Burriss The Forgotten Soldier, by Guy Sajer Wake Island Pilot: A World War II Memoir, by Brig. Gen. John F. Kinney, USMC (Ret.) with James M. McCaffrey Taught to Kill AN AMERICAN BOY’S WAR FROM THE ARDENNES TO BERLIN John B. Babcock Potomac Books, Inc. Washington, D.C. Copyright 䉷 2005 by Potomac Books, Inc. Published in the United States by Potomac Books, Inc. (formerly Brassey’s, Inc.) All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Babcock, John B., 1922– Taught to kill : an American boy’s war from the Ardennes to Berlin / John B. Babcock.—1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 1-57488-799-8 (alk. paper) 1. Babcock, John B., 1922– 2. United States. Army. Division, 78th— Biography. 3. World War, 1939–1945—Campaigns—Western Front. 4. World War, 1939–1945—Personal narratives, American. 5. Soldiers— United States—Biography. I. Title. D769.378th .B33 2005 940.54⬘21⬘092—dc22 2004022589 Hardcover ISBN 1-57488-799-8 (alk. paper) Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standards Institute Z39-48 Standard. Potomac Books, Inc. 22841 Quicksilver Drive Dulles, Virginia 20166 First Edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...