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ABOVE LEFT: U.S. infantrymen
crouch in wet snow in the
Ardennes Forest as they defend
against German attack in the
Battle of the Bulge. One of the
defenders remarked, "Someday
I'm going to live in Florida. I
never want to see any more
snow.... Try wading in it up to
your knees, sleeping in it, eating
it, and breathing it for a winter
in the Ardennes and you'll know
what I mean." ABOVE RIGHT:
Germans advance past a burning
American tank at the height of
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ABOVE LEFT: U.S. infantrymen
crouch in wet snow in the
Ardennes Forest as they defend
against German attack in the
Battle of the Bulge. One of the
"defenders remarked, "Someday
I'm going to live in Florida. I
never want to see any more
snow.... Try wading in it up to
your knees, sleeping in it, eating
it, and breathing it for a winter
in the Ardennes and you'll know
what I mean." ABOVE RIGHT:
Germans advance past a burning
American tank at the height of
the Battle of the Bulge. An
American soldier described the
scene: "Then, wham, they hit
us. Our line up there in the
Ardennes was pretty thin, and
the Jerries knew it. Old Von
Rundstedt massed a lot of
stuff behind the lines and let us
have it.... We didn't have many
supplies, and we didn't have
many men." LEFT: American
military vehicles fight through
heavy traffic along a narrow,
snow-banked road through the
Ardennes Forest. At the other
end of the battlefield were