Right is still right, even if you stand by yourself.

Mr. Chief Justice, may it place the court.

I'm Hans von Svikovsky, and this is Case in Point.

The title of our episode today is a harrowing Christmas tale from 1944.

It's the holiday season.

Christmas is just around the corner.

Hanukkah started a few days ago.

And rather than talk about a court case or illegal issues today, I wanted to spend a little bit of time remembering a prior Christmas.

When our country was fighting a bloody war against some of the worst tyrants in history,

and American soldiers were in combat far from

their families who were at home during these hallowed celebrations. We should remember those warriors,

those citizen soldiers, especially since many gave the last full measure of their lives to

fight for freedom and to liberate the many who were

suffering and who were under those terrible despots.

So today we're going to talk about the battered bastards of Bastone, which was the nickname

given to the 101st Airborne and other soldiers who 81 years ago

were besieged by German forces over Christmas during the Battle of the Bulge in the Belgian

city of Bastogne and outnumbered. The estimates I've seen are anywhere from four to five to one.

My guest today to talk about the heroic defensive

Bastone is my colleague, Robert Greenway. He's the director of the Allison Center for National

Security. Rob, thanks for being here. He's got a very long resume having served on the National

Security Council at the Defense Intelligence Agency,

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