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  • Belgians honor WWII veterans

    12/19/2004 8:26:30 AM PST · by knighthawk · 21 replies · 417+ views
    AP Wire | December 19 2004 | Robert Wielaard/AP
    Battle of the Bulge survivors return to parades and applause on a cold, wintry day BASTOGNE, Belgium -- Amid snow flurries and a chilling wind, Belgium's King Albert II honored U.S. soldiers who died fighting Nazi Germany 60 years ago in the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle for American forces in the war. Veterans from across the United States returned Saturday to find this market town covered in snow and buffeted by wind -- much as it was during that bitterly cold December in 1944. The old soldiers, wearing military berets and caps, were greeted with warm...