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The Battle of the Bulge at 75: The Guns They Carried

by Chris Eger

Some 75 years ago this week, Hitler launched the last great German offensive of WWII through the densely forested Ardennes region-- and it was stopped by American guns.

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This shrapnel damaged M1911 is relic from Battle of the Bulge (13 PHOTOS)

by Chris Eger

"Today I held hell in my hands," said a firearms buff who came across a battered 1911, pockmarked from its wartime service before it was recovered from a World War II battlefield.

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WWII paratrooper recounts the famous beer incident that nearly got him killed (VIDEO)

by Brent McCluskey

Former paratrooper and WWII hero Vincent Speranza is a man you want on your team. This 88-year-old war vet braved enemy fire, fierce cold and a very angry major, so his wounded and thirsty comrades could sip on tasty German brew. It was 1944 and the battle of Bastogne raged on around Speranza and the […]

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