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u.s. ARMY IN ACTION SERIES BASTOGNE 1he Story 0/ the First Eight Days In Which the 101 st Airborne Division Was Closed Within the Ring of German Forces By COLONEL S. L. A. MARSHALL Assisted by CAPTAIN JOHN G. WESTOVER AND LIEUTENANT A. JOSEPH WEBBER (DRAWINGS BY TECHNICAL SERGEANT OLIN DOWS)
Page 1: ASTOGNE THEFIRST EIGHTDAYS S. L. A.
Page 9: Forward The Center of Military Hist
Page 12 and 13: Division Artillery Commander: Col.
Page 14 and 15: 463D PARACHUTE FIELD ARTILLERY BATI
Page 16 and 17: ONE PLATOON, COMPANY C, 55TH ARMORE
Page 18 and 19: [ 2] Map 1: Total Extent 01
Page 20 and 21: 4 BASTOGNE sent to VIII Corps for r
Page 23: THE SITUATION 7 gap was created thr
Page 27: THE CONCENTRATION ON BASTOGNE 11 bo
Page 31 and 32: THE CONCENTRATION ON BASTOGNE 15 in
Page 34 and 35: 18 BASTOGNE some 25 miles of distan
Page 36 and 37: 20 BASTOGNE suade other units that
Page 38: CHAPTER 3 TEAM CHERRY ON THE EVENIN
Page 42: 26 BASTOGNE both enemy tanks went u
Page 45: TEAM CHERRY 29 the roadblock, which
Page 49: FIRST MEETING WITH THE ENEMY 33 Col
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FIRST MEETING WITH THE ENEMY 37 Cap
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CHAPTER 5 EAST OF BASTOGNE THE THIR
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42 BASTOGNE
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44 BASTOGNE
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46 BASTOGNE from Company I who said
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48 BASTOGNE enemy was building up o
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CHAPTER 7 TEAM DESOBRY AT NOVILLE T
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54 BASTOGNE grenades and automatic
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56 BASTOGNE From Noville's main str
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TEAM DESOBRY AT NOVILLE 59 This was
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TEAM DESOBRY AT NOVILLE 61 to attac
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ATTACK AND WITHDRAWAL 63 Map 9 506-
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ATTACK AND WITHDRAWAL 65 quiet. The
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Y ET CHAPTER 9 DOUBTS AND DECISIONS
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DOUBTS AND DECISIONS 69 and he well
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72 BASTOGNE Mter being Bushed by th
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74 BASTOGNE selves a small task for
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THE REPULSE 79 Foy) but in fact the
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THE REPULSE 81 in the first wood an
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THE REPULSE 83 long burst of machin
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RUNNING BAITLE 87 Lesniak, a tank c
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90 BASTOGNE The Germans had already
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RUNNING BAITLE 93 who couldn't find
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RUNNING BATTLE 97 reap part of the
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100 BASTOGNE been told by Division
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FIRST ACTION AT MARVIE 105 it had c
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CHAPTER 13 THE RESPITE O N DECEMBER
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THE RESPITE 109 complete. Roberts,
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THE RESPITE 111 circle, appears in
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CHAPTER 14 uNUTSI" AT 1130 ON DECEM
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"NUTS!" 117 asked, "Is the reply ne
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THE SECOND MARVIE ATTACK 121 the en
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THE SECOND MARVIE ATTACK 123 the dr
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THE SECOND MARVIE A1T ACK 129 Butle
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THE SECOND MARVIE ATTACK 131 the ho
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134 BASTOGNE talions on that day, C
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THE SITUATION IMPROVES 143 to feel
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THE SITUATION IMPROVES 145 the sect
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148 BASTOGNE side of the St. Hubert
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WEST OF BASTOGNE 151 just beyond th
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WEST OF BASTOGNE 153 American artil
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156 BASTOGNE Map 18: Christmas Eve
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CHRISTMAS EVE 159 tinguish friend f
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CHRISTMAS EVE 161 Colonel Harper ha
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BATTLE AT CHAMPS 2S DECEMBER I PHAS
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166 BASTOGNE 67 German dead and 35
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168 BASTOGNE' Situation 25 De Map 2
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CHAPTER 21 THE RELIEF ON THE MORNIN
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I N APPENDIX THE ENEMY STORY ONE RE
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.... "" 00 ....... Map 25: Bastogne
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THE ENEMY STORY 181 tack by airborn
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THE ENEMY STORY 185 passed through
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THE ENEMY STORY 187 Bizory (by the
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190 BASTOGNE lein's attack and its
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192 BASTOGNE command reacted gloomi
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196 BASTOGNE was a near crisis when
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200 BASTOGNE ABl6-Annex 16, 101st A
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NOTES Interviews and other source m
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KEY TO NOTES 211 18 M34, M44; 19 M4
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J. Major General Troy H. Middleton,
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3. Major General Maxwell D. Taylor
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5. Brigadier General Gerald J. Higg
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7. Lieutenant Colonel (now Colonell
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11 . The main street of Bastogne fr
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[ 228 ] ai c en o -til o co ,E c o
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J 7. A column of men marching in th
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J 9. The village of Neffe. Early in
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20. The Bastogne road entering the
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tv lJ.) -....J 22. A 10Smm. M3 howi
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25. A 7Smm. M 1 A 1 howitzer being
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26. On the night of December 20, th
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30. Paratroopers entrucking at Camp
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36. Bazooka position in the 502d Pa
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[254 ] , I , AI> I . " " I \. II I"
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41. Security guard of the 1015t Air
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43. General George S. Patton, Jr.,
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