For more than 25 years, the identity of the soldier in this now-famous photo remained a mystery\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ONE DAY IN LATE 1943, a visitor to the office of Enthusiast\u00ae magazine inquired about the June 1943 issue: \u201cI understand that issue has a picture of me in it,\u201d the stranger said, \u201cand I\u2019d like to get a few extra copies as a remembrance.\u201d The magazine staff were shocked \u2013 and not sure what to believe at first. But the story that Ray Holtz, of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, told next convinced them he was who he claimed to be: \u201cThe first Yank and Harley to enter Germany following the end of World War I.\u201d Holtz\u2019s tale kept the editors captivated as he told them how he, a corporal in the US Army, and his captain were captured by German forces in Belgium during an ill-advised night mission on June 8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three days later, when word of the armistice treaty reached their captors, the men and their Harley-Davidson\u00ae motorcycle were released. They returned to a small Belgian village near the German border, where the next day, Holtz rode into Germany to become the first American to enter the newly occupied country. It was an exciting day for the world \u2013 and a proud day for Harley-Davidson and all the Allied forces the Motor Company helped equip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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