Battle of the Bulge veterans honored in song
![Troopers of 17th AB, Franklin Dentz’s unit, run a gear check prior to mission takeoff (U.S. Army photo).](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/143/2014-12-05/Dentz%20BATTLE%20OF%20BULGE%2001%2017th%20AB%20gear%20check%20%282%29.jpg?itok=Cfs2jkZq)
Troopers of 17th AB, Franklin Dentz’s unit, run a gear check prior to mission takeoff (U.S. Army photo).
![USAAF Waco CG 4A glider, workhorse of the 1944 D-Day invasion and the pitch into Germany (AMC Museum).](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/143/2014-12-05/Dentz%20BATTLE%20OF%20BULGE%2003%20%20Waco%20CG%204A%20glider%20-%20%20300dpi%20%282%29.jpg?itok=QlTE6QtX)
USAAF Waco CG 4A glider, workhorse of the 1944 D-Day invasion and the pitch into Germany (AMC Museum).
![The “office” of a Waco CG4 glider (U.S Army photo).](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/143/2014-12-05/Dentz%20BATTLE%20OF%20BULGE%2006%20%20Waco%20office%20-%20300dpi%20%282%29.jpg?itok=x0-FTtKh)
The “office” of a Waco CG4 glider (U.S Army photo).
![A B-24 over LZ Wesel prepping, or the 17th‘s glider landings there (U.S. Army photo).](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/143/2014-12-05/Dentz%20BATTLE%20OF%20BULGE%2008%20B%2024%20over%2017th%20LZ%20Wesel%20-%20300dpi%20%282%29.jpg?itok=L3V_z5Xs)
A B-24 over LZ Wesel prepping, or the 17th‘s glider landings there (U.S. Army photo).
![The flag ceremony honoring Battle of the Bulge survivors in January 2013, Captiva Island, Fla. Arlene Dentz, Joe Sun, Frank Dentz and the Rev. Bob Hansel. (Dave Jensen)](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/143/2014-12-05/Dentz%20BATTLE%20OF%20BULGE%2010%20flag%20Son%20Dentzels%20Hansel%20speaks%20300dpi%20%283%29.jpg?itok=gWx9DepO)
The flag ceremony honoring Battle of the Bulge survivors in January 2013, Captiva Island, Fla. Arlene Dentz, Joe Sun, Frank Dentz and the Rev. Bob Hansel. (Dave Jensen)
![Dentz with the 17th in Germany, spring 1945 (Franklin Dentz).](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/143/2014-12-05/Dentz%20BATTLE%20OF%20BULGE%2011%20Frank_in_Germany_1945_25%20-%20300dpi%20%283%29.jpg?itok=fv5ipyvG)
Dentz with the 17th in Germany, spring 1945 (Franklin Dentz).
![Dentz on his way home, Paris, 1945 (Franklin Dentz).](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/143/2014-12-05/Dentz%20BATTLE%20OF%20BULGE%2012%20Franklin_Paris_1945_26%20-%20300dpi%20brite%20%283%29.jpg?itok=WtdeZhKq)
Dentz on his way home, Paris, 1945 (Franklin Dentz).
![Sun, Arlene, Frank and Hansel share some stories after the ceremony (J. David Truby photo).](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/143/2014-12-05/Dentz%20BATTLE%20OF%20BULGE%2015%20Joe%20Sun_Arlene%20and%20Frank%20Dentz_Bob%20Hansel%20300dpi%20%282%29.jpg?itok=ZvJfp5wG)
Sun, Arlene, Frank and Hansel share some stories after the ceremony (J. David Truby photo).
![Dentz with the 17th, ready to head home, 8 May 1945 (Franklin Dentz).](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/143/2014-12-05/Dentz%20BATTLE%20OF%20BULGE%2016%20_Frank_May_8_1945_Duisburg_24%20-%20300dpi%20%283%29.jpg?itok=uroTikuE)
Dentz with the 17th, ready to head home, 8 May 1945 (Franklin Dentz).
![Waco gliders being towed into action by a C-47, two gliders to each aircraft (U.S. Army photo).](https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/styles/scale800w/public/legion/photo-album/143/2014-12-05/Dentz%20BATTLE%20OF%20BULGE%2017%20waco-cg-4a-hadrian-glider--%20300dpi%20%282%29.jpg?itok=vFTVvSzX)
Waco gliders being towed into action by a C-47, two gliders to each aircraft (U.S. Army photo).