69th Anniversary of The Battle of the Bulge

[berto]

My dad was a 101st Airborne "Screaming Eagle" (transferring in from training as a tanker). He joined the outfit just after the Bulge, saw action at the Moder River (?), and participated in the capture of Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" at Berchtesgaden. After VJ Day, he landed hard in a Victory Jump, hurting his back badly. Rather than hole up in hospital in Germany, he toughed it out and came home to march down NY's Fifth Avenue (with the 82nd Airborne). He paid a big price for that decision, suffering as he did from chronic back pains for the rest of his life. I'd post photos, but they've been misplaced.