Seventy years ago, the heroes of Bastogne, or, as they were fondly dubbed, “the battered bastards of Bastogne,” spent Christmas breaking the advance of the German army in one of the most ...

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...

That’s a laugh.” To show how cocky were his “battered bastards of the bastion of Bastogne,” the slight, weather-beaten general told a story: two of the men had visited Napoleon’s tomb in ...

With the Fifth Panzer Army fighting its way towards the River Meuse the cross roads town of Bastogne vital for the success of Hitlers last attempt to check the Allies in the west the Americans ...

The first troops into the encircled Belgium city of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge is often stated as the 4th Armored Division, with the M4 Sherman Cobra King being photographed on the ...

The siege of Bastogne will forever be remembered because of the staunch resistance by the men of the 101st Airborne, specifically the 2nd Battalion of the 506th - the Band of Brothers. But before ...