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Originally Posted by tjfontaine
My Dad was with Patton's 3rd in WWII. He had quite a bit of war memorabilia which I now having including an iron cross still in the box and a Walther P38 taken from a Nazi SS major. He spoke quite a bit of the war and I got into it a lot more when I was in my 30s ... which was good as he passed when I was 35. He vividly described the Battle of the Bulge when the 3rd army was overrun by the Nazis in the forest in the winter. It was so vivid when I saw this scene in Band of Brothers I had a big feeling of deja vu.
I was also fortunate that a guy serving with my Dad is STILL ALIVE !! And sharp - our family got a detailed letter from him describing the whole campaign which was great.
Thanks OP for the pics post more if you find them.
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The 3rd Army WASN'T surrounded. Elements of the 3rd Army came to the relieve of Bastone, in the Battle of the Bulge. My Dad was in the 3rd Army as an infantryman in the 4th Armored Division and this Division did the mentioned relieve.