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- Anthony McAuliffe
Acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge in World War 11. He was in charge of the defense of Bastogne on December 22nd 1944 when the garrison wa

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Today in Military History

September 27



1918:

CANAL DU NORD, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 1 Oct 18)


1918:

VC won by Lt George Fraser Kerr, 3rd Battalion, CEF, Bourlon Wood (near Cambrai), France


1918:

VC won by Lt Graham Thomson Lyall, 102nd Battalion, CEF, Bourlon Wood


1941:

First Liberty ship, the Patrick Henry launched in Baltimore




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