"Nuts"

[PlaceOfBayonets]

NEW YORK (AP) — Retired Lt. Gen. Harry W.O. Kinnard, a paratroop officer who suggested the famously defiant answer "Nuts!"
to a German demand for surrender during the 1944 Battle of the Bulge, died Jan. 5. He was 93.

Kinnard, a career soldier who in later years was the principal architect of the Army's concept of using helicopters in infantry warfare
in Vietnam, died in Arlington, Va., his family told The New York Times.

A native of Dallas, Kinnard graduated from West Point in 1939 and spent 30 years in uniform, retiring in 1969.

He parachuted into Normandy on D-Day with the newly organized 101st Airborne Division and was decorated for heroism during its drive
against German forces in the Netherlands.

[GFM]

General McAuliffe is the one who came up with the phrase when he heard about the Germans demand for surrender, and he ultimately had it delivered to the Germans. Kinnard overheard McAuliffe's initial response and "suggested" they go with that, which they did.

[Nico C]

May this Great Soldier rest in peace.
Amen.

[Greg]

Amen to that. I was sorry to hear the news. I had the honor of meeting LTG (ret) Kinnard during the US 50th Anniversary of WWII commemorations of Operation Market Garden. I was on the USAREUR staff running the ceremonies, and we named our ceremony operation after him. He had a lot of great stories to tell.