“NUTS!” — McAuliffe’s 1944 Christmas Letter
Editor’s Note: In honor of Christmas, we proudly publish the text of Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe’s 1944 Christmas letter to the U.S. 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne. An image of the letter can be found here. Read the story behind this famous letter. MERRY CHRISTMAS HEADQUARTERS 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION Office of the Division Commander 24 December 1944 What’s Merry about all this, you ask? We’re fighting — it’s cold, we aren’t home. All true but what has the proud Eagle Division accomplished with its worthy comrades the 10th Armored Division, the 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion and all the rest? Just this: We have The post “NUTS!” — McAuliffe’s 1944 Christmas Letter appeared first on War on the Rocks.
Editor’s Note: In honor of Christmas, we proudly publish the text of Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe’s 1944 Christmas letter to the U.S. 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne. An image of the letter can be found here. Read the story behind this famous letter. MERRY CHRISTMAS HEADQUARTERS 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION Office of the Division Commander 24 December 1944 What’s Merry about all this, you ask? We’re fighting — it’s cold, we aren’t home. All true but what has the proud Eagle Division accomplished with its worthy comrades the 10th Armored Division, the 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion and all the rest? Just this: We have
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