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Yankee Gives Foe a Hotfoot With Grenade
American troops in the Maritime Alps conduct routine raids against German positions as Major Edmund Tomasik of New Bedford leads a mission near an ancient French fort. A sentry exchange triggers a 20 minute battle, with phosphorus grenades used but fires failing to ignite due to wet wood.
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Robert Wilson
Maritime Alps
Swiss
Mediterranean
G.I
Robert T. Frederick
Sixth
Edmund Tomasik
New Bedford
Mass
Geronimo
Harry Pritchett