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English: Scanned in image of copy of the letter sent to soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of Bastogne. The original letter imaged here is from the memorabilia of Private William (Bill) Wheeler, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division who participated in the action. He trained at Toccoa and was originally with Headquarters Company. Private Wheeler volunteered for pathfinder school, participated in the D-Day drop as a pathfinder during which his transport airplane made a controlled ditching in the English Channel after being hit by anti-aircraft fire, and ended up in Easy Company as a replacement. He participated in the Holland Jump (A Bridge Too Far), the defense of Bastogne, and other actions completing his tour with Easy Company in Austria at war's end.
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Source Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.; 11 February 2007 (original upload date), by Richardelainechambers at English Wikipedia
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Anthony McAuliffe  (1898–1975) wikidata:Q573609 q:en:Anthony McAuliffe
 
Anthony McAuliffe
Alternative names
Anthony Clement McAuliffe; Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe; Anthony C. McAuliffe; Nuts!
Description American soldier
Date of birth/death 2 July 1898 Edit this at Wikidata 11 August 1975 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Washington, D.C. Edit this at Wikidata Washington, D.C. Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q573609
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English: The letter from which this image was created is a text created by a U.S. Army commander as part of his duties during World War II and should be in the public domain as an official U.S. Government document. The image is a scan of the original document and is placed in the public domain by the person who did the scan, Richard Chambers.

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This file is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.

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2007-02-11 20:28 1223×1756× (256409 bytes) Richardelainechambers Scanned in image of copy of the letter sent to soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of Bastogne. The original letter imaged here is from the memorabilia of Private William (Bill) Wheeler, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division who partic

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