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Meet the Author: Debbie Cenziper's book tells the gripping story of a team of Nazi hunters at the US Department of Justice as they raced against time to expose members of a brutal SS killing force who disappeared in America after World War II.
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The classic holiday musical White Christmas reveals the impact of military service in World War II.
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At the end of the day, the veterans of the 26th Infantry still held their ground and looked out on a battlefield strewn with destroyed German armor and scores of enemy dead.
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The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the US Army's greatest struggle to deny Adolf Hitler's last chance for victory.
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The Battles for Elsenborn Ridge Part I
The real crusher to the German offensive plans in the Ardennes occurred 46 miles north east of Bastogne, in a small area consisting of a copse of small villages and a piece of high ground called Elsenborn Ridge.