My grandfather fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a radio operator in Patton's army. The only story I remember about the Battle of the Bulge was that a

My grandfather fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a radio operator in Patton's army. The only story I remember about the Battle of the Bulge was that a German soldier had sneaked through the lines and was killing soldiers while they slept in the snow. He heard someone coming through the snow and pretended to be asleep and killed the man with his bayonet. It was the only time he ever talked about killing someone. He had a bit of what we would now call PTSD. When I was four years old, I jumped out to surprise him while he was reading a book. He full-force punched me in the face. He also didn't like loud noises. My grandmother said that he was always a little messed up after liberating a concentration camp (Buchenwald maybe?). He had originally joined the army to be part of the ski troops, as he was an avid skier. But during training he caught Rocky Mountain spotted fever and was recovering when his unit was sent over. After he recovered he was trained as a radio operator and assigned to Patton's army.