@Tall:
Guys, On the left is a pic of my Dad just before IT hit the fan in the B.O.T.B. He’s still alive and “kickin”. Plays A&A with us all the time. At age 87 he still works everyday at his own business(printer).
If he hasn’t seen it, you might want to recommend this 1949 film to him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleground_(film) Â
For the time at which is was made, it’s a surprisingly gritty and unromantic look at what Army life in general and the BOTB in particular were like for ordinary troops. � Also very accurate from a historical viewpoint, even though it’s a fictionalized account of the siege of Bastogne.
Edit: Can’t get the link to work properly. Go here instead…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleground
…and click on “Battleground (film), a 1949 war film about the Battle of the Bulge”