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re: 70 Years Ago today: US Brig Gen McAuliffe Said to the Germans "NUTS!"

Posted on 12/22/14 at 10:59 am to
Posted by DrTyger
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Posted on 12/22/14 at 10:59 am to
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"How do I feel about being rescued by Patton? Well I feel pretty peachy about it except for one thing, we didn't need to be fricking rescued by Patton." - Joe Toye, 101st Airborne


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Posted by Darth_Vader
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Posted on 12/22/14 at 11:02 am to
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"How do I feel about being rescued by Patton? Well I feel pretty peachy about it except for one thing, we didn't need to be fricking rescued by Patton." - Joe Toye, 101st Airborne


One personal aspect of this for me at least is that my grandfather served as a tanker in the 4th Armored Division which was the spearhead of Patton's drive north to relieve the American forces encircled in Bastogne.

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