The Great Escape at Masta
A Jeep Driver’s Courageous Dash to Save his Lieutenant's Life
Tracking down jeep driver Leonard Furuseth's escape route as he saved the life of Lt. Walter Lund in the Ardennes.
On January 12, 1945, in deep snow and darkness, Lt. Walter Lund of the 99th Infantry Battalion (a Norwegian-American unit in the US Army) led his platoon on a night raid towards Chevofosse, near the German lines below the Burteaumont Forest,…