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American History

TexLaProgressive

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2. My Dad survived that's why I can post

Reply to doc03 (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 16, 2023, 09:45 AM

Dec 2023

He is the one with rifle and metal cup. Sorry about the death of your uncle. My Dad was once required to try to identify some dead. His recurring nightmares were the faces of the dead be begging him to ID them, "Charlie don't let me be missing, let my family know."
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/faces-of-battle/

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At 0530 on 16 December 1944, with a massive, 90-minute German artillery barrage, the Battle of the Bulge began. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 OP

My uncle was killed and buried there with the other what Trump calls doc03 Dec 2023 #1

My Dad survived that's why I can post TexLaProgressive Dec 2023 #2

Deleted-double post TexLaProgressive Dec 2023 #8

My uncle was in that battle. Ocelot II Dec 2023 #3

Small nit with quoted text -- six weeks, not five unc70 Dec 2023 #4

In the opening synopsis, the duration is given as mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 #6

I know. Weird their inconsistency with dates unc70 Dec 2023 #7

Thanks, K/R appalachiablue Dec 2023 #5