Why Francis Sherman Currey Was The Scariest Soldier of WW2

December 1944. The Ardennes burned under one of the most brutal offensives of World War 2. Amid the chaos of the Battle of the Bulge, a 19-year-old private named Francis Sherman Currey stood at a bridge outside Malmedy, facing advancing Waffen-SS tanks and infantry. Outnumbered, outgunned, and alone, Currey’s actions would defy logic and turn the tide of a critical engagement. What happened on that frozen Belgian road shocked both his comrades and his enemies, earning him a reputation that would follow him for the rest of his life. This is the story of how Francis Sherman Currey became the scariest soldier of WW2.