Battle of the bulge British and US troops link up.

 

Battle of the Bulge Series continued

 Here is no of the series of Podcasts on the battle.  Lots of good information and history.

Battle of the Bulge: Bastogne

The title says it all.  

 

Battle of the Bulge video series.

 76 years ago the Battle of the Bulge was winding down.  December had been pure hell for the Allies. The German came close to pulling off the gambit to cut off the Allies armies.   Why I am I interested you say.  Because my father Paul Vikar was one of the survivors' of the battle of Bastogne.  All I know is that he was in a Heavy Artillery unit.  A little bit of what happened.  As my father and his buddies would talk about on memorial day weekends. For year we would get together with buddies from the Old neighborhood in Detroit at the his one friends farm.  It seem Labor and Memorial days comes to mind.  There would talk of fighting in Africa and Europe.  When the beer started to flow so did the stories.

 This is my tribute to those men who fought to create the nation I grew up in during the 50 and 60's.  More stories later. Now the video.