Subject: On this day in 1944..
From: "Bjørnar Bolsøy" am
Date: 12/20/03 11:40 AM Pacific Standard Time
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(ArtKramr) wrote in
:

On this day in 1944 the Germans began shelling theWirtz-Bastogne
crossroad in an attempt to push the 101st Airborne out of the
defense of Bastogne. They failed. .Temperature went down to
below freezing in the bitter cold of that Belgian winter and
the 101st was down to eating K rations. Those that had them.

Here's a good front-line story I came by:

http://www.skylighters.org/xmas/


Regards...

Outstanding. Thank you. Yup, the 101st held on to St. Vith for 5 days delaying
the German advance and contributing io the German final defeat. Let's always
remember "The Battered *******s of Bastogne".
The sky cleared on the 23rd and we took to the air to relieve and resupply
Bastogne

Regards,
..
Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer