[excerpt from "Veteran Voices"]
"The Battle of the Bulge started on December 16, 1944. This was the real thing –– air raids, cannons, bullets, bloody wounds and death. Over 23,000 American soldiers were captured, 81,000 wounded and 18,000 killed. We spent New Year’s Eve, not celebrating with bells and whistles, but ducking under tables and cots to protect ourselves from flying bullets. Our shot up quarters were beside a road where Allied tanks were moving up to Bastogne. We eventually persevered and our boys advanced."
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