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Vet Recalls Christmas During Battle of the Bulge

Tom Chapman was in the trenches with the 101st Airborne Division, in the midst of the Battle of the Bulge. He says the Germans had captured the U.S. supply trucks, so he and his fellow soldiers had no coats, no gloves, no blankets, just their regular uniforms.

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Daniel Zwerdling is a correspondent in NPR's Investigations Unit.
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