Battle of the Bulge medic: ‘I’m proud of it’
PHOTO BY KATHY LEIGH BERKOWITZ
"We saved a lot of lives," said PFC Elmer Rensi as he shared his account of the Battle of the Bulge and his unit's responsibilities. Rensi was a medic.
PHOTO BY KATHY LEIGH BERKOWITZ
PFC Elmer Rensi, Ret. war veteran served as a corps medic during the Battle of the Bulge. He spoke at Thursday's Breakfast Rotary meeting, held at Lake Wales Country Club, highlighting his war experience and showing a few relics that he left packed for about 60 years, until donating them to the Lake Wales Depot Museum.
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Larry Bossarte studies a large piece of shrapnel that PFC Rensi had surgical removed from a wounded soldier, and Rensi noted that medics frequently did surgeries, not just physicians.
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Rensi holds up an armband that belonged to a Nazi medic.
“We saved a lot of lives, I’m telling you, and I’m proud of it. We never pulled a trigger in the whole war, but I’m still proud of being a medic,” said the 91-year-old U.S. Army PFC Elmer Rensi (Ret.) at Thursday’s meeting of the Breakfast Rotary Club.
Illuminated by the sun streaming through the Lake Wales Country Club arched windows, the honorable veteran shared his memories.
