[oh8eleven]

When I asked him why he did it, he said "Because I can, now."
I'm very well versed in military history, but never knew much about the Battle of the Bulge other than what I learned from the movie Patton.
So I read a couple of first hand accounts and I can fully appreciate your grandfather's answer. God bless him.

[wbill]

I've related this story on FR a couple times, but if you'll indulge me....

I watched "The Battle of the Bulge" (the old 60's Henry Fonda movie) with Grandpa once. When it was over, I asked him what he thought of it.

He said, "It was a fine movie..." (it wasn't, but Grandpa wouldn't ever say anything bad about anyone) "......but no one in it looked cold enough."

Now, I judge all war movies by how cold/hot/wet/hungry/dirty/miserable the actors look. Band of Brothers did pretty well, I thought, as did Saving Private Ryan.