"Eric Fisher Wood, Jr. -- "Rambo" of the Ardennes" Topic

His story would make a great movie as well as a nice skirmish scenario.

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Jim

Wow. Great story, and, yes, would make a tremendous film.

It won't happen in modern Hollywood….

TVAG

For some reason the real story is never good enough, so they would make something up and add it to the narrative. Might have to add a love interest as well.

The problem is that there is no "real" information that can confirm the story. Nothing from the German side is known I believe that would substantiate the story either. Also the political weight pushed by his father and his political ties appears to have played a large part in the wanting to have him be identified as a hero who had died battling the enemy.

Maybe true, maybe not, but yes, a great story.

Yes, similar to the Disney pirate movies with made up supernatural creatures…cause pirates are somehow not exciting enough.

Some of the account in the article is clearly incorrect. The claim that he met up with a soldier from the 82nd Airborne is clearly impossible. The 82nd didn't arrive until December 19th and none of its troops would have been anywhere near where the 106th Infantry was engaged.

Yes, am sure some dummy in Jollywood would add in a story of Lt. Wood making out with a Belgian farm girl (eyesroll)…. or worse the farmer's wife … of course a John Agar or Van Johnson look alike would play the good Lt. ;)

It doesn't seem to be well-known, but one regiment, 3 battalions? of the 106th was pushed back toward St Vith, along with three battalions of the 28th Division, which had been wrecked in the Hurtgen Forest. Both were eventually joined by elements of the 82nd Airborne in the final loss of St Vith. But the road system was totally destroyed, and they had thoroughly disrupted the German timetable.

GdeP

My high school was Valley Forge Military Academy, the National Honor Society there was named after him. My mother probably still has my Eric Fisher Wood National Honor Society certificate – somewhere.