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TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2004
BASTOGNE, BELGIUM - BASTOGNE HISTORICAL CENTER


Bastogne Historical Center
Featuring a wide array of artifacts, this museum has excellent display tableau
No Parking Enforcement?
This vintage tank looks as though it means business!

"Old Blood and Guts"
Usually seen sporting his famed pearl-handled revolvers, George S. Patton ]1885-1945)], although recognized as one of the most outstanding generals of his time,  was a controversial figure.  Ironically, he was the victim of a motor vehicle accident after the war ended. He is buried in the American Cemetery and Memorial in Hamm, Luxembourg.  (Biography)

 

NUTS!!
   General Anthony Clement McAuliffe [1878-1975], parachuted into Normandy on D-Day as Commander of the 101st ABN Division Artillery and rode a glider in Operation Market Garden, Sept. 1944.
   While 101st ABN's acting Commander in Bastogne, Belgium the Division was surrounded and the Germans demanded they surrender.  McAuliffe sent back a one-word reply "NUTS." in what  probably became the most famous quote of WW-II.   Read More About 'NUTS'!
   McAuliffe ultimately earned his fourth star and retired as a full General.  He was buried with honors in Arlington National Cemetery