Abstract:
Bruce A. Crissinger tells of his time spent as a prisoner of the Waffen SS. Crissinger the commander of Company A of the 823d Tank Destroyer Battalion on 16 December 1944. He was captured during the Battle of the Bulge while investigating the destruction of several tanks and was used by the Germans in a failed attempt to break through the American lines under a flag of truce before being rescued on 24 December 1944.