US Soldier opens a Christmas package; Ardennes, Belgium 1944.

Gift to lift the fighting spirit

Flight Nurse 2nd Lt. Reba Whittle, the only American female POW in Europe, flew with troops from the front lines of Europe back to the safety of the English countryside.

Flight Nurse POW

Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe, flanked by two unidentified airborne officers; His reply - to the German commander's demand, that the 101st Airborne Division surrender at besieged Bastogne - was a resounding "NUTS".