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Video by Pascal Demeuldre

WW2 Battle of the Bulge's commemoration in Bastogne

Training Support Activity Europe

Dec. 15, 2018 | 4:44

Parade in the city streets, wreath laying on General Georges Patton memorial and General Anthony McAulifte, and throwing "nuts" from balcony of the city hall
Participants of ceremony : U.S. Army Garrison Benelux delegation, Belgian soldiers of 1st Artillery Bastogne's regiment, Col. Sean H. Kuester (Commander,U.S. Army Garrison Benelux), Mr. Ronald Gidwitz (Ambassador of U.S. America in Belgium), Benoit Lutgen (Mayor of Bastogne), and WW2 American veteran Ken Butler, George Welling, Robert Izumi, Vince Speranza, George Weers, George Michiels and Alexandre Massart both assigned to 101st Airsborne and Battalion of Chasseurs (hunter) Ardennais during the 74th anniversary of World War2 Battle of Bulge, in Bastogne, Belgium, Dec 15, 2018.
Nuts: Answer of General Anthony McAulifte to the German demand for surrender after the encirclement of American troops.(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Pascal Demeuldre)