To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
Mornin' all ..
A fine article on a fine tanker. And, for the benefit of our friends in the Airborne, I'm glad to see that the word "rescued" never appeared in connection with Bastogne :)
20 posted on
08/02/2003 8:03:39 AM PDT by
Colonel_Flagg
("I like a man who grins when he fights." - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: Colonel_Flagg
Mornin' Colonel. This was nice to read, good story good General.
To: Colonel_Flagg
I'm glad to see that the word "rescued" never appeared in connection with BastogneThat's right, the 101st was "relieved" or "reinforced"not "rescued". Some of the heaviest fighting at Bastogne occured after the corrider from the south was opened.
37 posted on
08/02/2003 9:51:13 AM PDT by
SAMWolf
(Reality is for people who can't face science fiction.)
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