In December 1944 a young American soldier's division, newly-arrived in Europe, was sent to the front line to a quiet position on the Belgian-German border. Days after their arrival the Germans launched the great counterattack that came to be called the Battle of the Bulge. Russ Lang and his regiment were soon encircled. They attacked until their supplies and ammunition were exhausted, then held out until circumstances forced them to surrender. "Captured at the Battle of the Bulge" is Russ Lang's memoir of his service before and during the battle, the hardships he encountered in a series of...

In December of 1944, Russ Lang and the rest of the 106th Infantry Division had just arrived at the front lines in Europe when the Germans launched the all-out counter-attack we call The Battle of the Bulge. Surrounded, his regiment fought until their ammunition and supplies were exhausted. Lang spent the rest of the war in as a German P.O.W.--and he kept a diary Here the tale of a young man caught in the drama of World War II.