European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse 1945 the stars and stripes Page 3 Falk hides for 28 Days in nazi few feet from generals room by James Cannon Bun stripes staff writer third army though relating a confused and painful dream he could not completely dislodge from his sub conscious Lee Godfrey told How civilians hid him for 28 Days in a German Only a few feet from a nazi generals who comes from St Lay in the cow darkness of a so of a email he could not stand partially paralysed from the 28 Days in the cramped the unarmed ninth armoured me chanic brought Back three prisoners when he finally contacted an american tote to surrender Cut off and hunted for four Godfrey and five soldiers voted to surrender during the first crazy Days of the they approached a House with a White Cap on a pig fading it for a German they were 20 minutes too be cause civilians still lived was scared As Heidi and decided to said the 30yearold who does not speak or understand French or so i asked one of the Guys to Tell the civilians i wanted a place to crawl they took me into a room and opened a it was a cup Board with a lot of pots and pahs on they pulled out the boards of the lower shelf and crawled into a place under the it woes dark and cold in there and i stand up so i Lay there was one Little crack that looked toward the germans move in As soon As i got in the germans came and took my Bud then they searched for think they must have counted us coming up the Road and missed bight away they started to move the up they were running up and Down the stairs right Over where i was i got one Good they put the civilians into the room that led into the they fed me through the they were real wonderful there was nothing in the cup Board but some soap and a bucket of something and some civilian i put the civilian clothes on because it was cold As hell id figured they shoot me and the civilians if they caught Lian clothes no civilian general takes Over Day there was a big commo Tion and in walked a general i could see him through the crack in the they put a sign on the door of the time the area was get Ting shelled by our the general and the up pulled i was laying there in the House when civilians came and got i was just like a i a my feet were Para lazed from laying they took me out and the artillery was flying around and i was scared As gives foe sales talk they led me to a storage House that looked like a Pillbox because the Walls were so there were germans one was when they were asleep sneaked out with their then i gave them a and convinced them they should sur i was there for three Days and file shelling was but on the third Day up came a and Here i its not much of a is just laying there doing v mad 144 train loads Advance Supply units of Advance handled More than tons of mail Between july 26 and statistics just released show that total mail sacks handled during this period is equivalent to 144 Hospital put up around Busy medics with Advance Supply for army medics treated wounded gis in a 200yearold French mental Asylum and adjoining infantry and cavalry the 372nd built a modern Hospital around them without halting any scheduled operations and using salvaged French and German mate our hospitals in England were All Huilt according to said capt Edgar former new York when we moved in Here we operated under Field conditions while facilities were being now we have better operating rooms than in those pre designed didst wait for plans the medics told us what they wanted As we went said Floyd of san fran regimental commander of the by the time the plans were drawn we had nearly finished the French plumbing and German lumber and electrical equipment were used in the Ger Man Cement went to make walks and roadways and a waterborne sewage eliminating the necessary trips to outdoor straddle was hailed enthusiastic ally by both patients and bold yanks Cut nazi int lines with 26th info Luxem Yankee engineers crept right under the noses of two nazi sentries near alb Estroff to Cut the wires on a demolition charge attached to a Vincent of the 101st was leading a night patrol to the outskirts of alb Estroff while the town was still held by the on the Way he stepped on something soft in the it was a cd recon the officer told it would be unsafe to Lead the patrol farther because German sentries were patrolling a Bridge about three quarters of a mile Bunce said it was he was looking he and pfc Wallace Labrade continued crept past the nazi sentries and mane Vered underneath the Bridge to snip the wires leading to demolition Bunce and both of new crawled reassembled the patrol and returned to the texans social group reorganizing for Eto texans i the a social club which had members in the is reorganizing the with chapters in Belgium and com Mander of the ninth is a charter All ranks from the Lone Star state Are eligible to details May be obtained from the Jay c com Apo weapon a gift of gab with ninth Joseph antitank platoon Leader of the 60th knowhow to use his gift of it came in Handy during a recent clash with a company of armed Smtth machine guns and machine the enemy Force greatly outnumbered his placing noncom in command with instructions to report the situation to the battalion Rappazini moved Forward in the open to try to convince the germans that they had walked into a trap and e the germans disarmed the american officer and began question by this time heavy weapons fire was being turned on German Rappazini was talking hearing the heavy fire All about the germans were just convinced that the game was the entire Force doughboy move Forto Ardito tie Baule line army signal moving up after a rest Relief troops trudge through a belgian sector to relieve another company men in tank Dozer Brave save ammo Gars with Supply forces in under the debris of buildings wrecked by exploding boxcars of four ordnance men struggled free to save the greatest part of400 freight cars of explosives from fires started by a German air raid while shrapnel filled the air about James a of Cliffside and Robert of and pics Robert of and Donald of used a Sherman tank with the Blade of a Bulldozer attached to the front to push and pull the ammo to the Battle geared Power of the tank Dozer succeeded in push tag a loaded 64car plus the out of the danger outstanding work in the Yards was also done by of who manned the tank Dozer for four and pfc Lawrence of who operated the Telephone switchboard in the rail Yard office until both he and the switchboard were blown out of the i decoys foe to guard pals with fifth by his platoon to protect three wounded comrades inside a Railroad station during the attack on pfc Fred Lith also was told to keep a Sharp Lookout for enemy tanks reported Matthews spotted a German patrol working its Way toward the Railroad he opened fire with his Only my the Jerries deployed and Matthews emerged from the building to de Coy his adversaries from the wounded just As they hurled the first of several the infantryman picked off two of the a third advanced to within 15 Yards of but fell remaining elements of the patrol High tailed it from the Eto railway unit is awarded plaque and of the transportation corps second military railway commanded by Clarence has been awarded the meritorious service unit plaque by John cd of sos in the the we this was first such award in the european by the military railway service in France was carry ing More than tons of freight As of january Soldie railroaders were carrying More than freight a Day to1 Forward Wile of bridging a sixth Way Bridge commanded by George of has erected feet of bridging since arriving in France in mid stars and stripes photos snatch afew minutes rest in the grime of War is upon this Hilton of Willis fresh from a frontline foxhole is Paul a Rifle Man from Stampede a la world War two ninth of looked As though someone had Given a hot foot to a whole county the led by Lowell of were flying near the when they spotted a nazi Convoy of horse drawn they Dove and the horses broke off Down the Road with the German so lifts running after it was the damnedest thing you Ever Brueland horses went stampeding Down the Road with germans under full sail after and we were right on giving them burst after in 15 Brueland formation destroyed of the vehicles and killed a sizable number of r
