As the world confronted the devastation left at the end of World War II, people everywhere struggled to comprehend the scale of bloodshed caused by the ideology of the Nazi Party.

It’s a day for the international community and men and women of good will everywhere to call to mind the six million Jews and all the other victims killed by Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich.

From Murphy’s exposed position on top of the burning tank destroyer, he killed over 20 German soldiers and repelled their attack. 

David Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, and son of Field Marshal Bernard "Monty" Montgomery (1928-2020)

An incredibly thick blanket of fog hung low over Stoumont and the Amblève valley on the morning of December 19. But even through the fog, American observers on the outskirts of Stoumont could see that a sizable attack was about to commence.