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In 1944 Battle of the Bulge, Albert Darago, then 19, took on a German tank by himself
washingtonpost.com ^ | December 15, 2014 | Michael E. Ruane

Posted on 12/16/2014 10:26:37 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

Albert Darago had never fired a bazooka before. He was an “ack-ack” guy, a fuse-cutter on a 90mm antiaircraft gun. But on Dec. 19, 1944, the brass was looking for volunteers to go after some German tanks. And Darago said sure.

He was a 19-year-old, color-blind draftee, a native of Baltimore’s Little Italy and a musician who played piano and clarinet. He was no hero, he said.

But when Adolf Hitler launched the massive attack that began World War II’s bloody Battle of the Bulge, he had not reckoned on GIs like Darago.

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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: albertdarago; baltimore; battleofthebulge; germany; littleitaly; maryland; worldwareleven; worldwartwo; wwii
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Maryland PING!


21 posted on 12/16/2014 8:19:49 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I praise and thank God for sending us brave men like these in my parents’ generation and on into today.


22 posted on 12/17/2014 4:43:37 AM PST by Bigg Red (Congress, do your duty and repo his pen and his phone.)
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To: Bogey78O

It’s easy for us to focus on the type of 19-year-old you describe because they are the ones the media choose to thrust into our faces. But there are still 19-year-old young men today willing to put their lives on the line as warriors, as policemen, and as firemen. May God bless and keep them.


23 posted on 12/17/2014 4:48:00 AM PST by Bigg Red (Congress, do your duty and repo his pen and his phone.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Amen and amen.


24 posted on 12/17/2014 4:49:41 AM PST by Bigg Red (Congress, do your duty and repo his pen and his phone.)
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To: cartoonistx

My uncle in the101st said they were the hole in the donut.

God bless your dad.


25 posted on 12/17/2014 7:46:17 AM PST by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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