CHIÈVRES, Belgium -- U.S. Army Benelux Public Affairs asked people who attended the Battle of the Bugle's 73rd anniversary events what Bastogne means to them.

Nicknamed the “Bloody Bucket” by the Germans, the 28th Infantry Division played a major role during the Battle of the Bulge.

The siege was finally broken on Dec. 26 after elements of Gen. George Patton’s Third Army arrived in Bastogne from the southwest, though the 101st wasn’t pulled from the front until mid-January.

The siege of Bastogne was lifted on Dec. 26, 1944, when a tank column from the 4th Armored Division of then-Lt. Gen. George Patton's Third Army reached the city led by a Sherman tank nicknamed the ...

Bad weather kept U.S. planes on the ground, unable to resupply the defenders. ... On Dec. 26, the vanguard of Patton’s 3rd Army reached Bastogne, breaking the encirclement.

Bastogne & Foy: Where 19,000 Americans Died in the Snow – Then and Now. Posted: June 3, 2025 | Last updated: June 8, 2025. Bastogne and Foy are at the heart of the Battle of the Bulge Story.

Explore the harsh realities faced by the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of Bastogne in WWII. With limited supplies, ammunition, and cold-weather gear, these brave paratroopers and ...

(Courtesy of U.S. Army Golden Knights/Vincent J. Speranza ... and they had surrounded the town and we had no place to put the wounded,” Speranza told the 101st Airborne Museum in Bastogne in 2012.

Instead of praying for the weather to break as the Allies did in Bastogne, ... The U.S. Army’s 18th Airborne Corps can deploy an Immediate Response Force anywhere in the world in 18 hours, ...

US Army Gliders And Their ... The U.S. and Great Britain would lead ... The Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 saw 61 gliders provide critical supplies to the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne ...

Speranza, who fought at Bastogne and was wounded in combat shortly after the Battle of the Bulge, died Aug. 2, 2023 at age 98. ... He served in the U.S. Army from 2008 to 2017.