Bastogne, Belgium, 1948: TOWN OF BASTOGNE, BELGIUM, CELEBRATES FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF GENERAL…

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TOWN OF BASTOGNE, BELGIUM, CELEBRATES FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF GENERAL McAULIFFE'S REFUSAL TO SURRENDER THEIR TOWN BY REPLYING "NUTS." The townspeople and school children assemble to receive gifts of nuts sent to them by the nutgrowers of the United States, Major Charles Hustead, commander of the 20th Armored Infantry Battalion of the 10th Armored Division at the time of the German's demand for surrender, and his wife hand out packages of nuts to the school children. He moved into Bastogne only a few hours before Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe's 101st Airborne Division arrived. 22 Dec 1948

Date

12/22/1948

Place

Bastogne, Belgium · approximate position

Photographer

Kittrell

Units

101st Airborne Division

SC number

314753

Album

101st Airborne Division

Source

U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

Approximate position · Show on the photo map