Ardennes forest. http://www.mm.com/user/jpk/battle.htm http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/7-8/7-8_CONT.HTM   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bulge/ http://www.battleofthebulge.org/ http://www.criba.be/ THIS DAY IN 1965: Thursday, December 16, 1965 - Vietnam War : General William Westmoreland sent U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966 . Thursday, December 16, 1965 - Baseball player Chris Jones was born