A Silent Night in WWII: A Special Christmas Story

AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast by Assn. of the United States Army

Dec 17, 202527:51Government & Organizations

On Christmas Eve, 1944, Elizabeth Vincken and her twelve-year-old son, Fritz, sat down for a quiet Christmas Eve dinner, hopeful for a respite in the midst of deadly battles in the northern Belgian forest. Knocks on thei...

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