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Pfc Hubert B. Ford graduated from Tuscola Community High School.

Per Allan Goodman: Our platoon was moving on to clear a building 50 to 60 yards up the road when we encountered enemy rifle fire. The building turned out to be their last defense and they had some of their riflemen, with snow uniforms, laying out in the fields behind cows that had been shot but were still breathing, so you couldn’t pick up the breathing of the German riflemen.

Once we left the protection of the buildings of this little hamlet and advanced to the open roadway heading toward this building—the enemy opened fired. Our advance scout, Hubert “Hubie” Ford, from Chicago, was shot in the head and laid out there on the road crying for help while the rest of the platoon went for cover. It was only then that we realized where the rifle fire was coming from and we were unable to go to the aid of our lead scout. When we finally reached “Hubie” it was too late.

The monument of Logbiermé, Belgium presents a star with 5 crosses for the 5 men who were killed in action on 14 January 1945; Hubert Ford, Albert Caraciolo, Bruno Baraglia, William Spears and Walter Jacobsen have a cross with their name on it before the stone. Walter Jacobsen was wounded on 14 January and died of his wounds two days later.