London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1945, London, Middlesex                                Ital marching fire vol Kischer Beo Zachter baptism of fire roves effective please copy for three men 1945 dive in Queen of Battle is climbing on the marching fire after Riding assault fire Long and the foots loggers discovered that by keeping a lot of Lead bees buzzing Over jerrys Iron Bonnet he can be kept hunkered too Busy ducking to fire even vaunted Toughie of Hitler Wilt under this form of infantry Shaffer a combat observer with the 7th said of marching fire and its demoralizing effect during the present German by Michael Seaman War week staff writer purple heart because you got nipped on the old blood and b counteroffensive the Panzer Grenadier unit encountered on our front were All Young men and were fully equipped with guts in a Booster of method of new their morale was c0mbat he used k Kwh great High but they still wilted when subjected to Superior former shoe filling station workers and the Medley of other american boys who Are kneaded into uis infantry were taught in the states to Rush hit the fire a few then when the enemy was Only fifty to seventy five Yards away the order switched to assault very effective in closing with the enemy and preventing him from using his Light automatic on one occasion we actually came up to a Trench in which the germans were sitting in the Bottom of the in Africa and before his men hopped the Channel from England to France they were taught marching worked out Field prob Leas in this keep moving and firing Type of there is nothing mysterious about marching no hocus no intricate methods that would take a then it was keep shoot time to teach veterans or Reid the enemy is close enough for a carving Job with the used in 1918 Over Here the men leading the heart and guts of our army discovered that by dosing the air wit i Lead pellets All the from where the attack is it Means that platoon company commanders have to see that every Man in the attack has three or four extra Bandolier of ammo Slung Over his when the order comes to move on Jerry they walk six or seven Mut inv w Mph Hweih i m latched to the the nazis and All the Way to fir it was a method to reduce that it cuts casualties casualties to a pleasing minimum folds the supermen is supported bulge our pee wee Camps with the statement made by colonel marching fire and still Hunting for Deer have a lot in both methods put meat on the instead of being rewarded with a rack to Joe and his my get Jerries into the pm Cage far in Deer Hunting Joe of Long ago used to sidestep Sticks that that would flush the game out of gun in marching fire the dough boy watches for the Hun Hunter pays strict Atten Tion to his he makes sure the muzzle is not clotted with Snow or he has plenty of ammo read Handy for Quick when the chips Are a lot of fire Power is the sure formula for a As in Deer when a Quick shot is necessary that shot must be whirl ing out of the gun second shots Seldom in Jerry Hunting Deer have received heavy fire from 1 Trench As we closed i his officers have this collective opinion of marching fire marching fire has saved us casualties by making Jerry keep his head when we use it every Man begins by firing one full clip of Magazine from whatever weapon he is armed company i on one occasion used it against an enemy Force which was dug in 500 ads away behind a Stone our troop had to Cross a wide open the attack was started by a flare every Man came up and fired a full and then continued to fire asic we did not have a casualty we and crying because they dared not and took 400 prisoners whom found crouched Down in their its Good in Woods As Well As opt not the dense fir forests Hurtgen but the More open a report by the commanding officer of co 179th infantry is a Good pattern for marching fire in it reads when attacking in we Issue each Rifleman three or four extra Bandolier of ammunition and form a skirmish line at wide after the supporting fire has been the men covering the area straight ahead with As much Fije As in one instance we were sent in to take an objective which another unit could not we used this took the objective arid had Only two wounded the head of the combat lessons i j it f l 1 lie Uchau us Luc it was employing in War commanding officer of the get up to use their our Branch said his frontline observers of All american he says i the attack All the the Best defense is unrelenting marching fire is nothing it taught to the fathers of the lads i nipping the bulges the common enemy a prodded into our in the Gonne Forest the doughboy of War i routed some of the is Best by keeping constant Stream of bullets heading toward an the method was considered Good enough to be put into the r in for some it was shoved into the background assault fire the current of our infantry was taught to Jujj jeep like a or crawl like a remembering to keep the Tail Way a Tough top kick id explain its Damn embarrassing to explain the Gal Friend that you got the losses were if we had not we have proved marching fire to be used marching fire we would probably have talked with outfits that us sad marching fire at night with outstand 1 signal corps photos marching fire Means moving steadily firing a shot every few the two pictures on this Page show modern infantry scattered doughboy moving along on Road to ing Traceu mixed generously with Ordinary ammo Are Damn Good for us but snafu for Jerry psychological a assistant squad Leader with the 313th has this Sage observation to pass when attacking across open Fields pick the Best route available and then move fast and keep if brought under mortar or continue to move do not and get As close to Jerry As possible As he Seldom shells close to his own continue to fire on the enemy position whether you see it or a Large volume of fire will keep him in his Hole until you get germans have a healthy respect for the in Shorter where the attack employing marching fire is launched from three Hundred Yards or the its muzzle velocity of feet per com mands As much so do the automatic marching fire can make full use of All the portable weapons that our army a unit of the 83rd infantry division in its training pamphlet stresses an extract from that pamphlet states automatic riflemen and riflemen bayonets All taking full advantage of existing Advance rapidly toward the they fire at a rapid rate at areas known or believed be occupied by hostile per no for pillboxes the unit modestly claims it can out shoot and out Bayonet the and the claim is premised on marching marching fire cant Button up a nor is it Good for Street fight where every House is a hornets nest of those situations Call for other when the Way is straight Over open Field or Woods that Are not too the Bostat tip of a Muddy youngster who has lived through an inferno of Waii from Normandy to Germany is Well for All Doug feet to j some Guys freeze when Jerry fifes a few times at j them with Small they freeze and dont return a lot of them dont realize what Good weapons they if somebody is out there and the fire is going Over his he will Duck Down and be a lot less if you hell throw the Book at dont forget marching keep pouring the Lead at its Power play with us keeping the Ball All the