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    #1

    Today, 16 December....64 years ago

    On 16 December 1944, the battle of the Bulge started at 5.30am.

    As a collector of BotB paper stuff, living in Belgium where the fighting took place and fascinated by this battle since I was 6 orso, this is a special day to me.

    Each day from today on, I read about the things that happened on the same days, 64 years ago. I do this each year as a remembrance.

    And in my thoughts, I am with those who didn't return to their homes: american or german...
    May they rest in peace.


    Nico
    Last edited by Nico C; 12-16-2008, 12:01 PM. Reason: spelling
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    Originally posted by Nico C View Post
    On 16 December 1944, the battle of the Bulge started at 5.30am.

    As a collector of BotB paper stuff, living in Belgium where the fighting took place and fascinated by this battle since I was 6 orso, this is a special day to me.

    Each day from today on, I read about the things that happened on the same days, 64 years ago. I do this each year as a remembrance.

    And in my thoughts, I am with those who didn't return to their homes: american of german...
    May they rest in peace.


    Nico
    Thanks for starting this thread Nico.

    I agree, lest we forget those who didn't return to their family, from both sides that is!

    The madness of war

    RIP to all the fallen.
    'Arzt und Soldat'

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      #3
      Thank you for posting this thread too.

      May all of those men who did not make it back rest in peace...

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        #4
        Amen to all of the above. Very sobering thoughts of what was started on this day and the sacrifices and suffering that so many endured from this day on in 1944.

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          #5
          Nico,

          I was thinking of this day too, as The Battle of the Bulge is a part of my collectingfield.

          yours

          EJ

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            Originally posted by Nico C View Post

            Each day from today on, I read about the things that happened on the same days, 64 years ago. I do this each year as a remembrance.



            Nico

            Well done Nico C !!, I was there last September and found it amazing "the history that is", also you feel for those soldiers on both sides that spent those terrible cold nights in their foxholes (-40 to -50 degrees) woundering if they would make it back.

            May they rest in peace !!

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              #7
              A little under 3 hours to go for Kampfgruppe von der Heydte to lift off. 12:00 the Ju-52s planes get off the ground. The lack of joint training between pilots and jumpmasters and ground winds of 36 miles hour make for a very difficult night jump.

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                #8
                I just read a letter from a survivor and POW from the front line units that had no choice but to give way to the German onslaught. He was shipped to Dresdan and lived to go home.

                Wilhelm

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                  #9
                  There was a man from my hometown, a little town of less than 1,000 that had been captured at the Battle of the Bulge but was released by the Germans when they retreated. In later years he became a chronic alcoholic and I bought the only two items that he brought home as war trophies, a HJ armband that he said he took from a POW and a silver German coin with a swastika on it. Got them both for $8.
                  He died in the 80s as a result of his drinking habits.
                  Denny

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                    #10
                    Battle of the Bulge

                    Hello Nico - Hi to All,

                    thanks for starting this thread - I'm also never forgetting this time of the year when the Battle of the Bulge raged over the hills of snowy Luxembourg and Belgium...
                    Every year this is my special time to think about what happened up there and to remember those who fought there during the winter of 1944/45.
                    The BotB is my main collecting field.
                    I often visit the battle-sites in winter - a very special feeling walking through the woods in the Ardennes now......

                    Perhaps you are interested in reading a story of mine:

                    http://yd-info.net/page8/page29/index.html

                    FW
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                    Last edited by Ferdinand W.; 12-21-2008, 03:21 AM.

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                      Originally posted by Ferdinand W. View Post
                      Hello Nico - Hi to All,

                      thanks for starting this thread - I'm also never forgetting this time of the year when the Battle of the Bulge raged over the hills of snowy Luxembourg and Belgium...
                      Every year this is my special time to think about what happened up there and to remember those who fought there during the winter of 1944/45.
                      The BotB is my main collecting field.
                      I often visit the battle-sites in winter - a very special feeling walking through the woods in the Ardennes now......

                      Perhaps you are interested in reading a story of mine:

                      http://yd-info.net/page8/page29/index.html

                      FW

                      Hello Ferdinand W, read your story and found it amazing !!, i enjoy that sort of research when items are found or bought, i was in Bastogne last september but would like to visit that area again in winter to experiance a little of what those soldiers went thru. Well done !!
                      Last edited by BPA-Paul; 12-21-2008, 04:17 AM. Reason: spelling..

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                        Ardennes

                        Hi Paul,
                        thanks for your comments - glad to hear that you read this story !
                        Here are some pictures of the Ardennes woods in 2007.
                        A very special atmosphere..

                        Foxholes in the forest...
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                          Ardennes

                          snowy forest
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                            #14
                            one more - snowy woods
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                              #15
                              Excellent story and very nice snowy lanscape pictures
                              Thanks
                              Ace

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