He told me several stories but never mentioned the war to anyone really.

Claude W. “Bud” Koenig of Superior, Wisconsin served as an 81 mm mortar platoon HQ 2 501.He was my Grandpa and was wounded on D-Day, June 6th, 1944 and took 3 bullets in left leg and later on November 10,1944 receiving shrapnel in both knees.

Claude Koenig also Doc Francis E. Carrel are among the 501st heroes featured in Bill Warnock’s article about Fr Sampson and his reduced MOH citation, in the current issue of ‘WW2 History’ Magazine. He was with Father Sam at the aid station in BSE Addeville. Father Sam saved his life.

Grandpa died of a heart attack in 1976 when I was 9 years old. I was his only grandson. He told me several stories but never mentioned the war to anyone really.

Go out and grab a copy before the issue goes away. Make sure you get ‘WW2 History’ and not WW2 Magazine-2 different periodicals.
~ David S. Schultz

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