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To: American Constitutionalist
"How can " NUTS " be translated ? ..."

"General Anthony Clement McAuliffe (July 2, 1898 - August 11, 1975) was the United States Army general who commanded the defending 101st Airborne troops during the Battle of Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. He is famous for his single-word reply to a German surrender ultimatum: "Nuts!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_McAuliffe

785 posted on 10/08/2009 5:45:33 AM PDT by mlo
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To: mlo

And what was it that George C. Scott said in Patton? “A man that eloquent needs to be saved.”


788 posted on 10/08/2009 5:56:54 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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