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To: C19fan

Sorry, but I must disagree. Patton is the best Christmas movie and a true story to boot. The final battle scenes of the 3rd army relieving the siege of Bastogne on Christmas eve 1944 make it a Christmas movie


32 posted on 12/25/2018 9:43:23 AM PST by Figment
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To: Figment

My Dad was there w/ Patton’s 3rd Army Corps, 101st Combat Engineers, 26th Infantry, ending the siege in December. He was shot by a nazi sniper while saving 4 of his (SGT Combat Engineer) 33 man platoon in a blood covered, snow blanketed, farm field at Bastogne, caught in machine gun crossfire ambush. He survived D-Day, Central Europe, Northern France, Rhineland and Ardennes. Quite decorated - Bronze Star w/ 4 clusters, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medals, 4 Campaign Ribbons, Court of Valor (York, PA) etc - we just lost him at 94.


37 posted on 12/25/2018 10:29:13 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Figment

FTM Washington Crossing is the greatest, or anything featuring the attack on Trenton. That actually started Christmas night and finished the day after. And it was based on the idea of ambushing German Xmas revelers.


38 posted on 12/25/2018 10:46:04 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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