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My father was in the 3rd army during the battle of the bulge.

what little I know is that his experience was extremely unpleasant(he was 19 yrs old).

Of course, the main screenwriter for the movie was Francis Ford Copola....

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Posted: 03/07/2016 at 2:47PM

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