TA, what about Operation MARKET GARDEN and Bastogne. If the 101st wasn't plugging the gap in the Battle of the Bulge then the Germans had their opportunity to cut the line. Although they might have done some things that were "inexperienced" the saw alot of action after D-Day and were on the front lines up to Berchtesgaden.

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