PFC Lockered 'Bud' Gahs, U.S. Army, World War II

Lockered "Bud" Gahs was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II. In late 1944, he deployed to France with the 42nd Infantry Division, which was dubbed "The Rainbow." Over the next several months, Gahs experienced intense combat all the way to Munich and the end of the war.

In this edition of "Veterans Chronicles," Gahs gives us great detail on one of his early combat experiences...as roughly 200 German troops surrounded about 20 soldiers in a French farm house. While one soldier was killed, the Americans repelled all those enemy troops despite the staggering odds against them.

Gahs also takes into his memories of pushing back the final German offensive ot the war during Operation Northwind. He also shares his emotional memories of encountering some of the prisoners of the Dachau concentration camp just minutes after they were liberated.