Surviving the Hürtgen Forest

Veteran Charles Matlock shares his story of surviving alone in a foxhole during WWII. Matlock served as a private first class in Battery B. Anti-Aircraft artillery automatic weapons battalion in the Army Corps, first infantry division. His unit entered into the Hürtgen Forest at the border between Belgium and Germany, where he was trapped in a foxhole. For more, see the Saturday/Sunday, June 14 & 15, 2014 edition.