[colorado tanker]

My Mother-in-Law was a girl living at the family home during Christmas 1944. She very clearly remembers it. She said the whole country was worried about those boys trapped in Bastogne and it put a damper on the celebration

The Army commissioned a group of historians to write a multi-volume history of WWII, the so-called "Greenbooks" because of the color of the covers They are now available online for free. IMHO the best is the history of the Battle of the Bulge.

It is the biggest battle ever fought by the Army in terms of the number of US soldiers involved and was fought over a huge area. While many focus on Bastogne, there are lots of interesting stories.

[SunkenCiv]

A classmate of mom’s lost her older brother at that time. That was hard enough. Weeks later the unopened undeliverable Xmas presents were returned. I think of that when I water family urns in the summer, I have family quite near that family plot.

[Sequoyah101]

Between my late Dad and I, I thought we were major history buffs on WWII and for him the Civil War but have never heard of the “Green Books”. Thank you for that reference.

Just too much to learn and too much to learn and do to ever claim boredom. Boredom is for weak minded and lazy people.