Christmas at the Battle of the Bulge
Fri, 2014-12-19 05:00
News Staff
By Rich Lowry
“Sir, this is Patton talking ... You have just got to make up Your mind whose side You’re on. You must come to my assistance, so that I may dispatch the entire German Army as a birthday present to your Prince of Peace ...” -- Prayer of Gen. George S. Patton, Dec. 23, 1944 It is with Patton’s plea to the Ultimate Commanding General that Stanley Weintraub opens his book, “11 Days in December: Christmas at the Bulge, 1944.” It’s the tale of the worst Christmas for American soldiers since Valley Forge.
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