FORT JACKSON, S.C., Dec. 17, 2009 - In 1944, Jim Mooneyhan was an Army caption trying to figure out how to get rations to fellow soldiers who had been cut off during the Battle of the Bulge. Sixty-five years later, he and 15 other veterans were honored by soldiers at Fort Jackson, S.C. Story
ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 16, 2009- Four National Guard infantry divisions were involved in repelling a German counterattack on the western front in what became known as the "Battle of the Bulge" in
mid-December of 1944. Story
BASTOGNE, Belgium, Dec. 16, 2009 - The Boy Scouts of America used the 65th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge as a teaching moment for military boys living near the tri-border region of U.S. Army Garrison Schinnen, The Netherlands. Story
BASTOGNE, Belgium, Dec. 16, 2009 - Carmen Gisi was on the front lines of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. The now 86-year-old returned to one of his former battlefields in December 2009 as part of the battle's 65th anniversary commemoration. Gisi was drafted into the Army in 1943. Story
BASTOGNE, Belgium, Dec. 15,2009 - The memories of Bastogne have haunted Henry "Hank" Skowronski for years, but in December 2009, the World War II prisoner of war finally returned to where he was captured 65 years earlier. Story
BASTOGNE, Belgium, Dec. 12, 2009 - World War II veterans were surrounded by service members, political leaders and appreciative citizens when the city of Bastogne commemorated the 65th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge during weekend ceremonies Dec. 12-13, 2009. Story
BASTOGNE, Belgium, Dec. 12, 2009 - Cementing decades of friendship, representatives of the U.S. Army Garrison Benelux and the town of Bastogne, Belgium, signed a formal Community Covenant during ceremonies highlighting the historic bond formed during the Battle of the Bulge. Story
BASTOGNE, Belgium, Dec. 12, 2009 - No sooner did 2nd Lt. Everett "Red" Andrews call the target back to his fellow troops in the 377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion, than he was struck through the mouth by shell fragmentation from the ensuing German onslaught. Story
FORT BENNING, Ga., Dec. 11, 2009 - U.S. Army Lt. Lyle Bouck, a Fort Benning Officers Candidate School graduate, led his reconnaissance platoon of less than 20 Infantrymen to hold up a German parachute division and armored brigade for several hours at a crucial road junction during the Battle of the Bulge. Story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2009 - The Army’s chief of staff stepped back in history to Christmas Eve in Belgium 65 years ago, reading one of the most inspirational letters written by a commander to his troops during the annual Union Station Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Story
CHIÈVRES, Belgium, Dec. 3, 2009 - Some Belgian World War II veterans are paying tribute to the U.S. soldiers they formed a critical partnership with to resist the German occupation 65 years ago. “We waited and we prayed for the Americans,” one said. Story
CHIÈVRES, Belgium, Dec. 1, 2009 – Sixty-five years after World War II's landmark Battle of the Bulge, U.S. and Belgian troops will again march side by side in Bastogne on Dec. 12 and 13. Story
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