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To: Homer_J_Simpson

[Continued from December 17.]

On December 22, General Heinrich von Luettwitz, commander of the German XLVIIth Armored Corps, sent a written note to General A.C. McAuliffe, commanding the 101st Airborne, demanding surrender of Bastogne. He received a one-word answer which became famous: “NUTS!”

William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

5 posted on 12/22/2014 4:31:17 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Continued from yesterday.

Stephen E. Ambrose, Band of Brothers

6 posted on 12/22/2014 4:32:12 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

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