Donald Voglesong and his wife Twighla visited Donald's son Danny Voglesong three times in Germany in 1999 in 2006 and in 2007.
This photo is of Twighla, Donald and Danny Voglesong in 2006
Donald Voglesong came to visit his battlefield at Schoenberg Belgium where he was captured as a US Army Infantry Soldier in the US 106th Infantry Division in December, 1944, during the "Battle of the Bulge". He was interned for the remaining 4 months of World War II as a German Prisoner-of-War (P.O.W.) at Stalag 9-B in the village of BadOrb (which is located east of the large city of Frankfurt, Germany. Donald Voglesong was awarded the US Army - Combat Infantryman Badge (C.I.B.) for his military service in World War II.
CPL Donald Voglesong carried and fired the mortar (small artillery piece) for his platoon in Company F of 422nd Infantry Regiment at Schoenberg, Belgium during the "Battle of the Bulge" in December, 1944. The 422nd Regimental Commander surrendered his regiment when they had run out of ammunition, surrounded by Panzer tanks.
VOGLESONG family dinner in fall 1975. From left to right: Donald's mother PEARL Voglesong, wife MARY MARTHA Voglesong, father HARRY Voglesong, DONALD VOGLESONG, oldest son DAVID and David's wife BARBARA Belcher Voglesong.