Why Did the 101st Say they Didn't Need Rescuing by Patton at Bastogne?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlFA2LZMi9U
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"Years ago I worked with a member of the 101st and he said Thank God that Patton arrived as there wasn’t a member of his unit that had more than 2 bullets left. "
"Back in the early 1970s, I came to know a member of the 101st who was at Bastogne. He told me succinctly, “Don’t believe any of that (BS) you hear about us not needing to be relieved. We were jumping all over Patton's tanks, hugging and kissing those guys. We knew this was finally over.”
America's Airborne Anti-hero - Jake "McNasty" McNiece - The Fat Electrician
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucJDzgc8_cI
Comments below the video:
"My grandpa was in WWII & it's crazy to think that the gentle, soft spoken little old man I knew as my grandpa was a 18-year old dude living in a fox hole fighting Nazi's literally taking part in changing the trajectory of world history. He didn't talk about it much, but one thing I remember he would say often was "we were all just a bunch of ...
scared kids trying to keep our buddies alive." George Carr