The Big Attack - Citizen Soldiers of WWII Season 1 Episode 9 Little Private
- January 1, 1956
- 27 min
Nothing prepares soldiers to be surrounded by enemy tanks and infantry. When tasked with defending a recently captured town in Bastogne, Belgium, Joe's aging platoon awoke to find themselves surrounded, outnumbered and outgunned. His platoon dumbfounded; Private Joseph Richardson took matters into his own hands. Grasping a bazooka Joe sought to break up the German counterattack.