‘God saved my life’: 98-year-old veteran shares story of surviving Battle of the Bulge
FEATUREDWIB HISTORY January 23, 2023 Staff Writer 0
Bennett Stampes is surprised on his 98th birthday in May. Source: Facebook
Sig Christenson
San Antonio Express-News
Jan. 23—Army Staff Sgt. Bennett Stampes found himself doing a different job after the Nazis launched the Battle of the Bulge.
On an icy, snowy day in December 1944, he supervised soldiers as they dug foxholes in Belgium, a far cry from his previous assignment as an aide to a colonel. After helping some of them dig in along a big field, racing against the clock to firm up their defenses, Stampes jumped into a foxhole as the Germans were less than an hour out.
Soon enough, he eyed the enemy tanks as they crested a hill.
“I had my rifle, and I had a pistol. I got in my foxhole, and the tanks started coming across, and everything is coming toward us. And I got down as far as I could,” he said. “Well, I am a Christian. … And I prayed, and I said, ‘Lord if you get me through this, I’ll join the church when I come back home.'”
That’s just what he did.
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