Limited Service Yank Wins Medal of Honor
Pfc. Leo J. Powers from Alder Montana earned the Medal of Honor for single handedly assaulting three pillboxes on Hill 175 near Cassino Italy with four hand grenades. He killed multiple German gunners and aided his Forty Fourth Infantry Division unit in capturing the hill after a 30 day line hold. Powers later received wounds but continued serving with the Thirty Fourth Infantry Division since joining in 1943 in North Africa.
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Fifth Army
Italy
INS
Cassing
Leo J
Pop” Powers
Alder
Mont
Thirty-fourth Infantry
Cassino
Powers
Edward G. Mess
Sioux City
The
Thirty-fourth
North Africa
Mt. Pantano
Rifleman Powers Fought Across Volturno and Gustav Lines
Private Powers served as a rifleman after a life as a sheep rancher. He fought on bridgeheads across the Volturno River and in the offensive that breached the Gustav line. Powers was married and enlisted to serve his country.
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Volturno River
Gustav
Powers
The Poet of the People by Edgar A Guest
A reflective poem notes the changing seasons from winter to fall and the shared grumbling of people for perfect days. It contrasts harsh weather with a golden autumn before frost returns, alluding to early American homes using grease-soaked reeds for lighting.
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Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Army unit siege theme crossword style list
Readable text presents a mixed line of clues and answers for a two column puzzle. It references US Army unit siege theme and includes various cryptic-like prompts such as year 11 John Gael and multiple abbreviations for rivers roads and metals. The fragment appears to be a word puzzle page rather than a narrative report.
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Pop
Burnell J. McNaughton
Sioux City
Vino
Bert L. Guizette
Waukee
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