1st lt norman dike biography
Richard winters.
1st lt norman dike biography
Band of Brothers – Easy Company – The Real Story Of The Attack On Foy
Battlefield guide Reg Jans takes us to Foy (near Bastogne) and tells us about the January 13th, 1945 attack. Reg shows us the locations where the events happened that were made famous by the Band of Brothers episode “The Breaking Point”.
Foy was a small village occupied by the Germans in the early stages of the Battle of the Bulge.
It’s just 4 kilometers to the north of Bastogne on the road to Houffalize.
The American 101st Airborne Division held the Bois Jacques or Jacques Woods, up a slight rise outside Foy. Stephen Ambrose’s Band of Brothers describes how its Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment led the assault to capture the town in January 1945.
The 506th, including E Company, commanded by Lieutenant Norman Dike, attacked Foy. They lost several men in the initial charge.
In one account of the attack, Dike ordered the company to take cover after coming under fi