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Offline ozrocker

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70 years ago today
« on: December 16, 2014, 08:45:54 PM »
16 Dec 44 - Beginning of the Battle of the Bulge.

 :salute to all of the Veterans who fought.



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Offline jolly22

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Re: 70 years ago today
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2014, 08:46:39 PM »
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Offline Lab Rat 3947

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Re: 70 years ago today
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2014, 09:10:32 PM »
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Re: 70 years ago today
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2014, 09:17:07 PM »
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Offline Maverick

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Re: 70 years ago today
« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2014, 11:24:05 AM »
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A Veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to "The United States of America", for an amount of "up to and including my life."
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Re: 70 years ago today
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2014, 11:39:14 AM »
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Offline XxDaSTaRxx

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Re: 70 years ago today
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2014, 03:41:57 PM »
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Offline bortas1

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Re: 70 years ago today
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2014, 05:15:52 PM »
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Offline Yankee67

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Re: 70 years ago today
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2014, 06:17:24 PM »
My grandfather was in a combat engineering unit north of Bastogne when it hit the fan.  They helped hold one of the bridges north of town, but they eventually ended up in dowtown Bastogne.
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Offline scott66

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Re: 70 years ago today
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2014, 08:23:17 PM »
 :salute  :salute :salute
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