Brigadier general credited with checking the German counter-attack in the Ardennes; when ordered to surrender by the German forces he sent a simple reply: “Nuts!” Souvenir copy of General McAuliffe’s Christmas greeting card, dated December 24, 1944, 8.5 x 11, on Headquarters 101st Airborne Division letterhead. This is an exact copy of the arrogant German surrender request and the general’s full one word reply. Signed near the bottom in ballpoint, “A. C. McAuliffe, General U. S. Army (ret).” In fine condition. R&R COA.
