Soldiers of the 99th Infantry Division attend a Christian service on New Year's Eve 1944; Belgium.

Battle of the Bulge time...

...at his desk in Germany.
His most-dramatic action came at Bastogne, Belgium, where the Germans had encircled the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge (December 16, 1944–January 16, 1945). 
Abrams’s battalion was the first element of the Third Army to break through the siege, on December 26, 1944. For his heroics in these engagements, he was twice awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

Lieutanant Colonel Creighton Abrams...

General Anthony McAuliffe (right) conferring with General George Patton (middle); Bastogne, Belgium - January, 1945.