Over the years, the story of the American side of the Battle of - TopicsExpress



          

Over the years, the story of the American side of the Battle of the Bulge has been neatly condensed into something like this: On Dec. 16, 1944, the Germans catch U.S. forces off guard and rout them until the 101st Airborne comes to the rescue, holds the strategic crossroads town of Bastogne — while under a vicious siege by numerically superior Axis forces — before getting rescued by Gen. George Patton’s tanks. That all happened, yes. Yet there was more to it. From the vault, read Soldier Stories columnist David Corderos tale of harrowing heroism by the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment during the Battle of the Bulge.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 17:21:29 +0000

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