24 - YOUNGEST U.S. OFFICER IN WW2... OUTNUMBERED BY NAZIS?! | Lt. Lyle Bouck (Army) | WWII

Searching for a true, historical role model for your kids?

 

What about one who was both a true (albeit young) LEADER but also merciful?

 

Look no further than Lt. Lyle Bouck, one of the YOUNGEST leaders during WWII...

 

Waking before dawn, in the snow and bone-chilling temperatures of 16 December 1944, 20-year-old Lt. Lyle Bouck could hear the distinctive rumble of German armor—Tiger Tanks!—rolling directly towards them.

 

But just when Bouck’s platoon was about to open up with their weapons on the SS Troopers below, a teenage girl suddenly burst from a lone house, running up to the German commander and pointing in the direction of the hidden Americans.

 

Still, Lt. Bouck told his men to hold their fire. They did not want to hurt the girl, so they let her race back to the safety of her home.

 

By then, however, the Germans were diving for cover. Suddenly it sounded like the world exploding! The most desperate battle of the war, “The Battle of the Bulge,” was on.

 

The tip of the spear, Lt. Bouck’s platoon, found themselves filling one of the vital roles determining the outcome of that most crucial battle to end the war.

 

I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.

 

 

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