WW II ANNIVERSARY/ BATTLE OF THE BULGE (12/16/1994)
TODAY MARKS A MONUMENTAL EVENT IN U.S. MILITARY HISTORY. 50 YEARS AGO, HITLER LAUNCHES HIS LAST MAJOR OFFENSIVE OF WORLD WAR II. KNOWN TO AMERICAN'S AS THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE. TODAY, ST. LOUIS HOSTED A NATIONAL TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED IN THE BRUTAL FIGHT. THEY CAME FROM ALL 50 STATES... MORE THAN 2000 VETERANS OF WW 2 AND SURVIVORS OF THE BLOODIEST BATTLE IN U.S. ARMY HISTORY... TOGETHER WITH ALLIED SOLDIERS OF EUROPE... THEY CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY. THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE LASTED A GRUELING 46 DAYS, IN A FRIGID WINTER, 77 THOUSAND AMERICAN LIVES WERE LOST. BUT HITLER WOULD LOSE 120 THOUSAND SOLDIERS, AND ULTIMATELY, THE WAR.