BLOW OF HEART
THE FOUNTAINS OF BASTOGNE - 1995“ "
The small figures are "Piche Cacaye".
Creation : architecture : Jacques Windeshausen - sculptures : Willy Dory - foundryman : Freddy Baggen.
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General Mc Auliffe Monument
situation
Place McAuliffe
6600 Bastogne (Bastogne)
Contact
Website : www.paysdebastogne.be
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Description
Division Artillery Commander and Acting Division Commander of the 101st US Airborne Division, ‘The Screaming Eagles’, Brigadier-General Anthony McAuliffe commanded the successful defence of Bastogne, and on 22 December, when German emissaries demanded his surrender, he gave them his now famous reply of “Nuts”. (Place McAuliffe). (text source by Guy Blockmans/OPT).
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