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To: Carry_Okie

Patton’s rescue of the 101st at Bastogne.


Joe Toye would disagree....

“How do I feel about being rescued by Patton? Well I’d feel pretty peachy, except for one thing. We didn’t need to be ___in’ rescued by Patton! Got that?”


4 posted on 06/07/2026 1:54:53 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

Which says nothing about how Eisenhower mollified Montgomery v. the more competent Patton.


8 posted on 06/07/2026 2:03:36 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: dfwgator

The reality was, 101 was days or even hours from annihilation.


15 posted on 06/07/2026 3:02:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (TDS -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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