From the December 28, 2011, Lehigh Valley's Newspaper, The Morning Call "WWII veteran Vincent Vicari dies" by Frank Warner.
Vincent Vicari, 92, died. He was an aide to General Anthony C. McAuliffe when the famous reply for a German demand for surrender was made. That famous reply, "Nuts."
He was the past president of the McAuliffe Chapetr 101st Airborne Association and a big part of the campaign to name a 3.2 mile stretch of Route 33 in Bethlehem Township the General Anthony McAuliffe 101st Airborne Memorial Highway, which was approved in 2002.
Mr. Vicaro became the general's aide in 1943 and was at his side at the Battle of Bastogne (Battle of the Bulge) on December 22, 1944, when a white flag delegation of four Germans demanded the 101st's "honorable surrender" to avoid "total annihilation."
More to Come. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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