THE WALKWAY OF AMERICAN HEROES BASTONGE MEMORIAL STONE
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Listing Details
Location: WALKWAY OF AMERICAN HEROES-INDEPENDENCE AVENUE
City: TAPPAN
State: New York
Zip Code: 10983
Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones
Year Dedicated: 1967
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II
Photograph By: MICHAEL HERRICK
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
BRONZE BUTTON WITH “NUTS CITY” IN CENTER OF THE STONE IS A REFERENCE TO BRIGADIER GENERAL ANTHONY MCAULIFFE’S ANSWER TO THE GERMANS REQUEST THAT HE SURRENDER THE CITY OF BASTONGE BECAUSE HE WAS SURROUNDED. HIS ANSWER WAS “NUTS.”
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