Eighty years later, survivors of the Battle of the Bulge returned to Belgium but this time they were greeted by a roar of applause and cheers.

The United States, its European allies and a dwindling number of veterans are marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

The siege of Bastogne was lifted on Dec. 26, 1944, when a tank column from the 4th Armored Division of then-Lt. Gen. George Patton's Third Army reached the city led by a Sherman tank nicknamed the Cobra King -- now on display at the National Museum of the United States Army at Fort Belvoir,

Troops, heads of state and other dignitaries, paid tribute to the thousands killed stopping the the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge.

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (WKRN) — More than 100 soldiers assigned to the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division helped honor the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

Some of the last living American veterans of World War II on Saturday met with world leaders and many other admirers as they recounted how the Allies braved subfreezing temperatures in the Battle of the Bulge,

WWII veteran David Marshall holds out his wallet containing a photo of himself during the Battle of the Bulge, during the 80th commemoration of the battle in Bastogne, Belgium, on Friday. (Virginia Mayo/AP) BASTOGNE, Belgium — Eighty years later, World ...