Today is the sixtieth anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. The battle lasted more than a month and was one of the most brutal of World War II. American forces, outnumbered and surrounded, fought in bitter cold with few winter supplies, eventually defeating the Germans surrounding them.
My late Uncle Bub was with the 101st Airborne at Bastogne and lived to tell about it (though he rarely did, if ever). I’ll raise a glass to him tonight.