DEAD MAN'S RIDGE: The Bravery of American Paratroopers at the Battle of the Bulge

In one of the worst places imaginable for an American GI to receive his baptism of fire in WWII, the Battle of the Bulge was where the paratroopers of the 17th Airborne Division got their first taste of combat. Read a minute-by-minute chronicle of untested American paratroopers taking on battle-hardened Germans--and winning. Photos.