They had to cross a bridge to get into town. That took care of the tanks they had captured. He was a Sgt. They were captured as they had nothing to fight with. When Lyle came home they compared notes and that happened the same day that he woke calling her name.
Strange things do happen.
On the fourth day of captivity they were loaded on a train bound for Germany. He mentioned how cold it was and about all the snow and ice. He said they kept a pot boiling all the time. The packages were supposedly delivered by the International Red Cross. We sent several.