This Day in History - NUTS!

Great one word line!!!! One for all time.

I'm afraid a one word answer to the same demand, under similar circumstances today, would be entirely different and decidedly more graphic.

 

To date, no member of the 101st who faught at Bastogne has ever admitted they needed to be "rescued".

I wonder what they would say about your "rescue". :smilewinkgrin:

 

I believe what "Ninety Nine" had in mind was the rescue of the 101st during the hot, hot war in Korea

The 101st was not "rescued" during the siege of Bastogne---Patton may have come and "releaved" German pressure on the sore point---but the 101st held until siege was over----aint' you guys ever watch Band of Brothers????

 

Yes. My comment referred to the Korean War episode.

 

My former father-in-law was an infantryman and part of Patton's relief force. He had a 'thank you' general order from Patton thanking the men for marching 100 miles in three days, with snow up to their knees. For years after the war, shrapnel was still working it's way out of his arms and he'd pull it out with tweezers.