Troops Break Bastogne Siege By Patton Armored Force
December 26 arrival of Patton’s First Army units aided relief of Bastogne. Lt Gen George Stratton Jr opened a southern corridor as 101st Airborne and armored brigades fought through encirclement. Veterans praised for quick action and morale boost amid heavy combat.
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Fourth Armored Division
George S. Patton
Bastogne
Taylor
Belgium
101St
George Stratton Jr
Screaming Eagle
Normandy
Holland
German Holdout In Echternach May Be Prisoners
German bodies lie unburied in Echternach while many Americans who held the town may be prisoned behind German lines. Patton’s forces could not reach the trapped units before the counteroffensive reached the Sure river on December 16.
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Sure
John D. Sampley
Fort Payne
Ala
Lewis Hawkins
U.S. Third Army
Echternach
George S. Patton
Germany
Luxembourg
Nuts Said Yank General To Nazi Call To Surrender
Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe led the Bastogne garrison of about 10 000 men and answered the German demand to surrender with nuts. He was acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division while Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor was in Washington and then flew to France to join the defense.
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Edward D. Ball
Bastogne
Anthony C. McAuliffe
McAuliffe
101St Airborne Division
101St
Maxwell D. Taylor
Washington
Belgian Bulge
Taylor
France
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