European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 6 w Aii w Eek he is aks an d St 1945 i Jerry by Dave Breger its about time 60eb8els got some recent skywriter our a single word the general lost a Tanker his tank this is the first of several stories War week will run on general and outstanding enlisted Man combinations play such an important part in the Success of a division in Here Are two outstanding men out of than one is a High ranking officer whose Success lies in the planning the other is an enlisted Man whose Success lies in his ability to translate plans from a gc7i eral into Yards gained on the germans killed in a it is through this combined operation that the american armies have achieved outstanding combat these Are two men from a they Are representative of the Many who arc doing exem Plary work added spells i Jajor Robert commander of the armoured is probably the Only general officer in the army to be busted to the it All happened somewhere in prance when the 6th armoured spearheaded the third army race into the general was up front with one of his artillery outfits observing the effect of the fire when an 88mm landed a Short distance before he could say what the a Small chunk of Shrap Lel zipped along the front of his away one of his stars clean As a being up front with his men is general grows pet outdoor a an enlisted Man of the 86th told this Story i was on outpost duty on the run to he and was crouched in my foxhole when All of a sudden Here was the general himself standing their and asking directions to the most extreme outpost of the i was scared to death and i must have looked but the general talked to me for a while and As he was about to leave he ii anti ref division photo major Robert grow Aud Everett said that he was scared As and not to let it bother and then he grows Only boast is that he is As Good a Soldier As any Man in his and that takes some according to one of his staff officers told the Story of his message to a corps commander during the Battle around it seems that the division was being Given Short and limited objectives As they pushed toward the general found that he was reaching the objectives and was Able to push on but  be cause of finally he called corps and his telephonic conversation with the corps commander has become one of the classics of the 6th a divisional his blistering comment has be come a matter of tradition in the grow was born in on he has served continually with tank out fits since the Early 3cs from fort bust to the he was assistant chief of staff g3 of the 2d armoured at fort Benning under general George Pat ton in he served also with the 8th and 10th armoured he assumed command of the 6th in 1943 at Camp general grow joined the regular army As a after graduation from the University of his pro motion to brigadier general came in and the other Star was added s sgt Everett cats new Felt like a i in a pm with a francs and no ration Here he the out standing Tanker in an outfit of first class fighting men by his Amajor general Kobert and he didst even have a his which had his his Protection and his baby Ever since he hit the beachhead with july was it had been shot All the original Crew were he had been on but his Sank and Nis had done a terrific As part of the 68th armoured he won himself a Silver Star during the Grimecy Wood engagement by taking command of a tank after the lieutenant was holding open a Bridge and keeping a foothold on an Al important Bridgehead at Hansu Reid on Hansu Reid was a most critical major general grow sex and the Success or failure of our whole operation defended on this the Bridge was wired for demolition and if Tourjee haunt held on in the face of Al most certain death they would have blown it and probably stopped knows his stuff Tourjee is 31 years old and holds purple heart with a he came into the army in he joined the 6u armoured at Camp a few Days and has been with them Ever his selection As the outstanding enlisted Man in the outfit was based not Only on his the oth has a lot of men with rib he is a natural born his immediate co the men respect him and the officers Trust his judgment is keen and when he says go the men feel that tie knows his after is the final Tourjee a combination machinist and construction worker in his Home town before the War and he Hopes to get Back to it in one piece id just As soon be an outstand ing he but Ive a Job to do now and the better i do it the quicker i get the old Serg Corner member of an armoured Engineer battalion which is now doing its stuff on the sacred soil of hitlers tottering has seen too Many tank recovery men Hurt by enemy a couple of he would avoid these Here Are excerpts from his letter to War weeks old ser who used to be in the engineers once before moving the empty it of All gasoline and other there May mines under the tank if detonated in the process of pulling the tank May cause a for the same once the towline is attached to the get All personnel far enough from the tank to prevent injuries from exploding its next week the presidents report to Hitt american people j the state of the also new scope and combat army Dietz Points out that it it impossible for engineers to Renzow mines far under a strap dry armoured vehicle and that precautions will protect the tenancy Crews when working enemy it o patrons up with hot Patch old passes pm on for necessary items Are Elei rubber an old tin can used hot Patch and a place the tape Over to to be cover the tape ration cellophane to prevent tape from sticking to the a gasoline soaked cardboard old hot Patch then place in press As you would ordinarily ignite the cardboard and be sure this completely shielded from in i