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75 years ago, US soldiers fought 'the other Battle of the Bulge'

Troy, New York — In the earliest days of 1945, the infantrymen of the 42nd Infantry Division, now a part of the New York Army National Guard, spent their first days in desperate combat against German tanks and paratroopers during Hitler's final offensive in Western Europe.

Operation Nordwind, sometimes called "the other Battle of the Bulge" kicked off on New Year's Eve 1944 in the Alsace region of France. The American and French armies fought desperately to halt the attack and hold onto the city of Strasbourg, the capital of Alsace.

Three regiments of 42nd Infantry Division soldiers, who had been hurried to France without the rest of their divisional support units, had arrived in Strasbourg, France just before Christmas 1944. They expected to spend time in a quiet sector to learn the ropes of combat.

They could not have been more wrong.

The 42nd Infantry Division had been made up of National Guard troops during World War I and nicknamed "the Rainbow Division" because it contained elements from 26 states.

https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/other-battle-of-the-bulge

DAWN OF EVIL Incredible ‘red devil horns’ sunrise photos captured during rare solar eclipse mirage over the Persian Gulf

THESE incredible images appear to show giant devil horns rising over the Persian Gulf during a solar eclipse.

A photographer waited in just the right place to snap the rare spectacle as the sun was partially blocked by the moon at dawn.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10694515/red-devil-horns-sunrise-photos-captured-rare-solar-eclipse-mirage/

Border Patrol agents rescue three Mexican nationals stuck on top of San Diego border wall

US Customs and Border Protection reported that the trio was found 'in a precarious situation'

"A man and two women, under the cover of dense fog, tried to enter the U.S. illegally by climbing San Diego Sector's new 30-foot, steel bollard wall," USCBP said in a press release Tuesday, adding that "the trio became stuck at the top of the wet, slippery wall after smugglers abandoned them."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/border-patrol-agents-rescue-three-mexican-nationals-stuck-on-top-of-san-diego-border-wall#new_tab