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{"id":47,"date":"2016-09-15T12:34:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T12:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/barcelona\/?p=47"},"modified":"2017-03-31T22:21:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T22:21:59","slug":"vet-got-to-eat-the-meal-that-was-stolen-at-bastogne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwarmedia.com\/2016\/09\/15\/vet-got-to-eat-the-meal-that-was-stolen-at-bastogne\/","title":{"rendered":"64 years later: 101st Vet got to eat the meal that was stolen at Bastogne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>With food being scarce during the Siege of Bastogne the defenders of the battered bastion instinctively searched for alternatives to fill their aching stomachs.\u00a0 However, one of these famished men was unable to eat his meal until sixty-four years later.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Vierkant responsief --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3607132294366157\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5331534427\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-256 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldwarmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Amos-Almeida-7-222x300.jpg\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldwarmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Amos-Almeida-7-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.worldwarmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Amos-Almeida-7-768x1037.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldwarmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Amos-Almeida-7-759x1024.jpg 759w, https:\/\/www.worldwarmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Amos-Almeida-7.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a tough winter back in 1944. Almost starving and enduring hypothermia made it nearly impossible for the men of Five-O-Deuce (502 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101<sup>st<\/sup> Airborne Division) to make a stand against the ongoing German attacks and artillery fire. Along with his buddies from B-Company, bazooka-man Amos J. Almeida tried to get comfortable in his trench, just north of the Church at Champs, an outpost to Bastogne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cold was killing us and the lack of food didn\u2019t make it any better.\u201d, he said. \u201c Then I witnessed an eluded pig being killed by a shell fragment.\u201d (Amos later admitted the pig was shot by a ravenous G.I.). As hungry as a horse, Almeida sprinted toward the dead animal and cut a large piece of \u00a0meat out of it with his trench-knife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t use it right away\u201d, he recalled, \u201cI needed to let it rest before I could cook it and eat it. So I hung it on a fence post, next to my\u00a0 foxhole.\u201d. Shortly thereafter Amos was called out to collect some bazooka-ammo south of the village. With shells strapped to his chest and back he returned to his former position an made a terrible discovery. The meat was gone. \u201cSome slick B*****D, stole my food!\u201d.<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Vierkant responsief --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3607132294366157\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5331534427\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n[read more=&#8221;Read more&#8221; less=&#8221;Read less&#8221;]<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Vierkant responsief --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3607132294366157\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5331534427\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>For the first time ever, in 2006, Mr. Almeida and his family attended the 101<sup>st<\/sup>Airborne Reunion. \u201cIt was wonderful to see my comrades again after so many years.\u201d, he said. One of the highlights was catching up with his war-pal Tony Lujan. They talked about everything they went through together in WWII but suddenly their conversation faltered when Tony stroke a chord.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_258\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-258 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldwarmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Amos-and-Tony-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"Amos Almeida with Tony Lujan\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldwarmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Amos-and-Tony-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.worldwarmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Amos-and-Tony-768x707.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.worldwarmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Amos-and-Tony-1024x943.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.worldwarmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Amos-and-Tony-1440x1326.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amos Almeida with Tony Lujan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe said that he wasn\u2019t that hungry in the Bulge and that some idiot left some meat hanging on a pole in Champs. 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