Within days, Patton's Third Army had relieved Bastogne, and to the north, the 2nd U.S. Armored Division stopped enemy tanks short of the Meuse River on Christmas. Through January, American troops ...

Eisenhower tapped Patton's Third Army to relieve the surrounded 101st ... With the help of Allied units to the north, by the end of January, it had completely pushed back the Bulge and continued ...

Many units were overrun and a few fled in panic ... famously replied to a formal surrender request with one word: 'Nuts!' Patton's Third Army, advancing from the south, relieved Bastogne on ...

(Technically, he remained head of the Seventh Army, but it was a phantom Army with no divisions ... among Third Army dead at Hamm in Luxembourg, George Patton was laid to rest.

Clauss said the tank is considered a macro artifact and is tracked through the Army Museum Information System. The tank has served as the mascot for Patton Hall since Third Army was re-activated ...