1944 At Avon Tyrrell House |
![]() Caption: Member of the 114th Signal Radio Intelligence Corp. (sic) U.S. Army June 1944 making camouflage. Possibly from the collection of 114th veteran Martin Byrnes. Source: Avon Tyrrell Outdoor Activity Centre |
![]() Direction finding Undated photo found on Pinerest |
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Martin Bynres![]() |
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Martin Bynres during his
1994 visit to the site of his service at Avon Tyrrell House |
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Jay
Crawford von Werlhof |
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Introduction: Honoring
the Life of Jay Crawford von Werlhof by Russel L.
Kaldenberg On page 2. author Russel L. Kaldenberg writes: "Much of the time he (Jay Crawford von Werlhof) was behind enemy lines. He was involved in the ferocious fighting during the Battle fo the Bulge." Russel L. Kaldenberg's background is in archeology and not WWII history, he may have made a good faith misinterpretation of exactly where Jay Crawford von Werlhof and the 114th served in relation to the front line and exactly what was their intelligence work. Jay Crawford von Werlhof and the 114th were not far from the front lines of the Battle of the Bulge, perhaps as close as the city of Luxembourg. Jay Crawford von Werlhof and the 114th took part in the "ferocious fighting" of the Battle of the Bulge by by intercepting Nazi radio traffic and assisting in its decoding, translation, and analysis then preparing reports on it that could be immediately used to make battlefield decisions. That probably meant the men of the 114th were working 24/7 along with intelligence units around the world. That must have been extremely stressful and fatiguing. They knew the lives of others depended on their work. Jay Crawford von Werlhof and the 114th knew they were at higher personal risk than at any other time of the war. They probably had their sidearms and rifles. Their base was probably secured with extra military police and combat units to guard against the Nazi special operation units that had infiltrated Allied lines in the first day of the Battle of the Bulge. BIographer Russel L. Kaldenberg accurately describes that in his last sentence about Jay Crawford von Werlhof WWII service. Decision making and Cognitive Analysis Track: A Historic Failure in the Social Domain by Paul H. Van Doren Sgt. Werlhof's is quote on pages 19 and 20. Sgt. Werlhof and the 114th provided accurate intelligence. The failures are of those above them. |
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