Adolf Hitler's secret mission to Otto Skorzeny during the Ardennes Counteroffensive would rely on deception, employing English-speaking troops in US Army uniforms and equipment. 

James R. Hendrix was born on August 20, 1925, in the small town of Lepanto, Arkansas.

Lt. Aubrey Rion was one of 19,000 Americans killed during the Battle of the Bulge.

Manning 155mm howitzers, African American gunners sacrificed themselves to defend fleeing infantry. Eleven of them were murdered by the Waffen SS, and then forgotten by the US Army.

For the 106th Infantry Division, the Opening of the Bulge was a Death Blow.