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3 unusual facts about Anthony McAuliffe


Anthony McAuliffe

One of the 149 rooms at the Thayer Hotel at West Point has been dedicated to General McAuliffe.

Bastogne

A few days later, Brigadier General McAuliffe and the 101st Airborne Division along with elements of the 10th Armored Division (United States) and the 82nd airborne arrived to counter-attack but, after heavy fighting, became encircled within the town.

Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz

In 1944, in the Battle of the Bulge, Lüttwitz's troops had surrounded the US forces commanded by US General Anthony McAuliffe.



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