this documentary is narrated by actor robert taylor. >> on the 18th of december, 1944, the conflict that would become the battle of the bulge was two days old. it had started with a huge german counter offensive planned with a strict timetable. by the 18th two armies should have reached the river driving toward their objective antwerp. instead, thousands of hitler's finest troops were fighting to take a small town in belgium. a junction of roads and railways, the key to success for the counter offensive was the timetable. a key to the timetable was st. vith. at down on the 16th the german assault had achieved its first object, surprise. it overwhelmed the inexperienced troops in the forest where some, like colonel oliver patent were still trying to fight back to friendly lines on the 18th. >> the last attack down the road. in that attack, i was hit for the second time that day. i was hit through both legs and couldn't walk. i remember the battalion commander came through and told us that the battalion had to pum out pull out. they were going to leave us. there were four or five of us. th

this documentary is narrated by actor robert taylor. >> on the 18th of december, 1944, the conflict that would become the battle of the bulge was two days old. it had started with a huge german counter offensive planned with a strict timetable. by the 18th two armies should have reached the river driving toward their objective antwerp. instead, thousands of hitler's finest troops were fighting to take a small town

>> yeah. >> at george mason, robert burton abc 7 sports. >> like that? >> downtown taylor brown! >> i bet she hasn't stopped smiling. >> robert burton in horse said no! >> no thank you. >> smiling assassin. >> very cute. >> i'll take that! >> all right. >> coming up next here at 5:00 the $50 million boost to a >> after months of dormancy, the proposal to build a new metro station in northern virginia is roaring back to life. >> it would add a metro stop to the potomac yard in alexandria. jeff goldberg is live there tonight with a look at where that project stands at this point. hi, jeff? >> hey, leon. you hear metro going by behind me all the time. now the idea is to build a station in this area. the state of virginia just granting alexandria a big loan to build the station here and it might be right by this park in the potomac greens neighborhood. now, this sign has been up for years letting people know that a station could some day be built here in the future but they're not too pleased but now, it might actually happen. the metro passes through potomac greens without stopping

this documentary is narrated by actor robert taylor. >> on the 18th of december, 1944, the conflict that would become the battle of the bulge was two days old. it had started with a huge german counter offensive planned with a strict timetable. by the 18th, two armies should have reached the river driving toward their objective antwerp. instead, thousands of hitler's finest troops were fighting to take a small town in belgium. a junction of roads and railways, the key to success for the counter offensive was the timetable. a key to the timetable was st. vith. at down on the 16th, the german assault had achieved its first object, surprise. it overwhelmed the inexperienced troops in the forest where some, like colonel oliver patent, were still trying to fight back to friendly lines on the 18th. >> the last attack down the road. in that attack, i was hit for the second time that day. i was hit through both legs and couldn't walk. i remember the battalion commander came through and told us that the battalion had to pum pull out. they were going to leave us. there were four or five of us. the