[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 80 (Thursday, May 15, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E931]
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 HONORING PFC WILBUR J. (WEB) FENBERT FOR BEING NAMED 2008 VETERAN OF 
                                THE YEAR

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                            HON. JIM JORDAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 15, 2008

  Mr. JORDAN of Ohio. Madam Speaker, I am honored to commend to the 
House the distinguished service of PFC Wilbur J. (Web) Fenbert to the 
United States of America during World War II. PFC Fenbert will receive 
Veteran of the Year honors at an Armed Forces Day celebration breakfast 
this weekend.
  During his time in the military, Web served in the 4th Armored 
Division which was the spearhead of the 3rd Army as it pushed into 
German territory. Web was an ambulance driver and moved casualties to 
field hospitals. In 1944, on Christmas Day, his division moved into 
Bastogne, and casualties had to be evacuated to the field hospital in 
Chaumont. Web bravely made seven trips through German artillery shell 
fire as he carried 22 wounded soldiers to the hospital.
  Web's closest call was in a combat offensive called Task Force Baum 
while involved in a mission to liberate the concentration camp at 
Hanneburg, Germany. The camp was sixty miles behind German lines. Web 
picked up five casualties from a battle at Schweinhaim and took them 
back to the field hospital. Once there, he was ordered not to return. 
Although the Task Force reached Hanneburg, they ran into a Panzer 
Division on their return. All Task Force members were either killed or 
taken as prisoners of war.
  Web has many war memories. One is of seeing General Patton and 
General Eisenhower directing traffic at a crossroads outside Bastogne. 
Another memory is of liberating POW camps such as Moosburg. He said 
that Buchenwald was the worst. Web said, ``I'll never forget the stench 
or the heinous scene.'' Web was also at Foshenbroke, Germany, where 
General Patton was killed, and he attended the funeral.
  At the end of the war, Web turned in his ambulance which had 29 shell 
holes and said, ``I wasn't even scratched.''

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