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Symbolic victories, plus a dozen or so other things worth knowing today

Bill Murphy Jr.
Feb 28
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In the middle of the Battle of the Bulge, four German soldiers approached American troops, carrying white flags of truce and a letter:

“There is only one possibility to save the encircled U.S.A. troops from total annihilation: that is the honorable surrender of the encircled town.

— The German Commander”

As the story goes, the acting commander of the 101st…

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