"More than sixty years ago, as Allied armies pushed across Europe, the Nazi response began what would become the largest battle on the Western Front during World War II - the Battle of the Bulge. More than half a century after the last shots were fired, many of our Greatest Generation remain left behind, buried by time and weather. Now battlefield investigators have enlisted the aid of Bulge veterans from the 99th Infantry Division for one last mission: to reconstruct the battles that took the lives of their brothers-in-arms, search the grounds where lives and innocence ended, and return the remains of missing comrades to their loved ones. Using good old-fashioned detective work, with assistance from forensic scientists, the team has fulfilled the final duty every soldier has to his fallen comrades." "The Dead of Winter is a story of loyalty and the bonds of war, a scientific mystery, and a harrowing and emotional journey of tragedy and triumph for the families who never forgot what was lost."--Jacket.