Renee Lemaire
If you watched HBO's Band of Brothers series, a nurse was portrayed caring for the American wounded at a church-turned-hospital in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. In real life, her name was Renee Lemaire and she is often referred to as the "Angel of Bastogne." Renee was killed on Christmas Eve, 1944, during a German air raid. She had entered the hospital during the bombing to rescue injured American soldiers and, ultimately, she was killed trying to save more soldiers from the inferno.
Renee Lemaire's Grave
Contrary to the HBO BoB series, the Bastogne Hospital was not in a church.
Today, the building is home to a Chinese Buffet.
A memorial plaque to Renee Lemaire is on
the front of the Chinese Buffet building.
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