German soldiers facing the 4th Armored were told (according to a
captured document): each American had qualified for the Division by
proving that (1) he had been born a bastard, (2) he had murdered his
mother--_TIME, March 19, 1945._
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[Illustration: Bastogne]
[Illustration: Christmas Day--Tomorrow, Bastogne]
“COBRA” GOT THERE FIRST