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<p>[QUOTE="TheFinn, post: 3940097, member: 90102"][ATTACH=full]1038636[/ATTACH] One of my counselors at Boys' State put on by the VFW was one of the "Battling Bastards of Baston". He got his orders Christmas Eve with the 101st Airborne to go to Belgium.</p><p>He said that when they opened the path for the trapped troops to get out, they slept in the underground caves the Germans had made and were sleeping in. They had icicles from their breath, and that I wouldn't believe how many layers of clothes he had on if he told me.</p><p>Said it was the worst Christmas he has ever had or could imagine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheFinn, post: 3940097, member: 90102"][ATTACH=full]1038636[/ATTACH] One of my counselors at Boys' State put on by the VFW was one of the "Battling Bastards of Baston". He got his orders Christmas Eve with the 101st Airborne to go to Belgium. He said that when they opened the path for the trapped troops to get out, they slept in the underground caves the Germans had made and were sleeping in. They had icicles from their breath, and that I wouldn't believe how many layers of clothes he had on if he told me. Said it was the worst Christmas he has ever had or could imagine.[/QUOTE]
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