GERMAN COMMANDO CAPTURED IN AMERICAN UNIFORM ARE PREPARED FOR EXECUTION, 23 DECEMBER 1944

 German commandos captured in American uniform are prepared for execution, 23 December 1944

Unteroffizier Manfred Pernass, Oberfähnrich Günther Billing, and Gefreiter Wilhelm Schmidt

"They were captured on the 17 December 1944 and had ID cards with the following names ‘Charles W. Lawrence’, ‘Clarence van der Wert’ en ‘George Sensenbach’

but Pernass, Billing, and Schmidt were given a military trial at Henri Chapelle, sentenced to death, and executed by a firing squad on 23-12-1944.

Captain J. Eiser (medic) of the 633th Medical Clearing Station pinned the white target patches on their chests,

Schmidt’s glasses were taken off before he was shot and fanatic Billing shouted “Long live our Führer Adolf Hitler” at the moment supreme."