01-24-24, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Skybird
Or Jim maybe meant the West when he said "Nuts"...? 
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I was simply referring to this:
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According to those present when McAuliffe received the German message, he read it, crumpled it into a ball, threw it in a wastepaper basket, and muttered, "Aw, nuts". The officers in McAuliffe's command post were trying to find suitable language for an official reply when Lieutenant Colonel Harry Kinnard suggested that McAuliffe's first response summed up the situation well, and the others agreed. The official reply was typed and delivered by Colonel Joseph Harper, commanding the 327th Glider Infantry, to the German delegation. It was as follows:
To the German Commander.
NUTS!
The American Commander.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_McAuliffe
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