"The aspiration to be the first to meet the Red Army is aired all the way up and down the line, from division generals to the boys in the foxholes. And if the Yanks had their way, they'd hit the first road east and keep helling it eastward till they hit the vodka. As one soldier from an armored division put it:"
"'This is what the hell we've been pushing across Europe for and I don't want to lose the pie when I practically have it in my mouth.'"
The two armies linked up on April 25th - click here to read about it.
