Feeling Surrounded?

So they’ve got us surrounded, the poor Bastards!
—    Anonymous GI in Bastogne (during the Battle of the Bulge)
December 22, 1944
[As a youth, I remember reading a story about a Turkish squad (with a US advisor) trapped in a foxhole and surrounded by the enemy during the Korean War.  The Turks were fighting on the side of the United Nations forces (together with the US).  The writer commented, that while he feared for his life, the Turks were happy as hell because no matter what direction they fired, they could be assured of hitting an enemy.  I guess there is ALWAYS some silver lining to even the darkest cloud.    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2022	42
2021	Blessings Larger Than Life
	Tomorrow She Sails
2020	The Sun Came Out
	Not A Wink On Guard
2019	The Importance Of A Deadline
	Chaos Is Not Really A New Remedy
2018	History Will Judge Harshly
	Father Time, Perhaps?
2017	Odds Are
2016	Prayer, Too
2015	History, n.
2014	See It Sometime
2013	Precious Friend
2012	It Couldn’t Be Done
	Feeling Surrounded?
2011	Surprise!