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My outfit, the 16^th Division
was made part of the 3^rd
Army last January. Our first
action was mopping up
german airborne troops land-
ing behind the lines in France.
Later we we're shipped to
relieve the pressure on the
1^st Army by the german break-
through. We took up [?]
in Hotonville, Belgium just
2 miles south of Bastogne.
The germans found out we we're
green troops so opened up