#2 He was crying from combat shock, having been mixed in with a regular infantry unit that had been overrun by the US with hard fighting.

#2 He was crying from combat shock, having been mixed in with a regular infantry unit that had been overrun by the US with hard fighting.

The Heartbreaking Story of Hans-Georg Henke, the sixteen-year-old German Soldier Who Broke Down in Tears

#2 He was crying from combat shock, having been mixed in with a regular infantry unit that had been overrun by the US with hard fighting.

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