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    10-211 Garand Picture of the Day - Battle of the Bulge

    Sgt. Tommy Lyons just back from a week in the front lines near the town of Murrigen during the Battle of the Bulge 1945

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    Bulge

    At least he has good boots. Not like the burlap bags most of them wore. Seems he slid down that snow bank and took a brief rest.

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    The first account I read about the Bulge was in the kid's paperback Breakout. Along the way I've read many others, including MacDonald's classic Company Commander. This pic just captures the picture they paint of bone cold and fatigue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Womack View Post
    The first account I read about the Bulge was in the kid's paperback Breakout. Along the way I've read many others, including MacDonald's classic Company Commander. This pic just captures the picture they paint of bone cold and fatigue.

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    +1 for Bob's "... bone cold and fatigue!" If that's not a 1000 yard stare on SGT Lyon's face, nothing is. He had just come back from Hell!

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