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Article: `Battle of Bulge': Volunteers re-enact the fight.(Washington Weekend)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 6, 1997
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A cold, eerie winter mist rolls across a shell-pocked battlefield early on a January morning. Ice and snow cover the ground.
American GIs of Company K, 18th Infantry Regiment, First Infantry Division ("The Big Red One"), concealed behind tree stumps and dug into foxholes, nervously snatch last cigarettes, weapons at the ready.
Platoon Sgt. Dave Urbanski of Fredericksburg, Va., calmly informs them that a German armored column is approaching. They are the only Allied line of resistance, and here they must stand or die.
The clanking drone of German armor gets louder. Nerve-rackingly, the enemy is heard long before he is seen. Across the ...