S P O T L I G H T
A Damn Place Called
BASTOGNE
Did the general know his bodyguard was a Communist? By Stevan Dedijer ’30
O
ver fifty years ago, as a thirtythree-year-old private in the 101st Airborne, I was one of eleven thousand men ordered into action in response to a massive German attack on the Allied front. It was December 18, 1944. The 101st, which had parachuted into Normandy the previous June and had suffered major casualties there and in fighting in the Netherlands, was below strength and awaiting supplies and replaceTaft Bulletin
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