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Duke Shoop Escapes DeathBy A Matter of Ten Minutes(Continued irc.a page 1)_____ _____________ 1 doughboy unit instantly attacked;bad heard the same broadcast. Germans with terrific arti!-!They also were overtaken by a press jeep containing Shoop and r» Y* A A _ I . . i ■ i 'llery and mortar and rifle fire. Under'this cover the remain-three or four other correspon- Seabees and correspondents! [dents.I The most gregarious of souls, i Shoop distinguished himself ear-jly in the current mission by hisi great zeal in hunting out classmates and alumni of the Uni-. versity of Missouri, where 20I years ago he - was the crack i center on the football team.crawled faster than, ever and; finally surmounted the crest of; hill which sheltered them from! the enemy. They were loaded! on trucks and borne to the rear,! but many of tlfe original party! were dead or missing. !Shoop, who had wrenched his?. _____ arm *n a fall into the ditch,jAfter a pleasant chat, it was f°und a place on the front of aj |decided that they would all go retiring tank and rode to safe-; jon together, the navy men io *y with the hot radiator as hisi jinspect the town, Shoop in hap- seat a“d spent the night in aj iPy pursuit of classmates who haystack.' were reported in considerable len minutes more,” he[numbers among the Kansas andwestern Missouri members of a certain armored unit somewhere about.said,' “we should have been wip ed out, It*s strange how your; thoughts dart about when you I believe you are about to die. 1At a village some Frenchman remembered incidents of my [ran out, warning the force that I childhood, then of my job in! j the Germans were just ahead.! Washington. I thought of the mi-ri . i , . _ .1__ * r i • vjThe little detachment decided jthis was- merely another rumor, land that they would continue to [rely on the broadcast announce-! meni.Captured Two MenIn the vicinity of a hamlet, [the commanding naval officer I sighted two Nazi soldiers lurk-jing behind a hedge. He stopped (the car, jumped out and cover-led the Germans with his pistol. They emerged with their hands above their heads.| The prisoners obviously were 1 decoys sent out to induce theracles of modern sciencehow I might set off withalet in my leg or armand but-1also:fwas imy• Ithought about how silly it to trouble about keeping helmet on. It was a great drawee in crawling and 2 knew; it would not stop a bullet.” ihin-Sailor Kills Self After Wife's DeathSAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8—| (AP)—Several months ago, Mrs.*j , . .Mrs. -Mildred McReynolds re-!jc)ripraKie° it k* ere was con-j cejved no*jCe that her husband.! ZtZ f l on whether to John K. McReynolds, had been!?fISOnerS a7Ioni0r s“d| killed in a merchant marine tor-!If u? he„:ear‘,In the midst pedoing. Mrs. McReynolds fell!of the discussion the group suddenly was assailed by rifle fire [from the front and both flanks.dead after -reading the telegram.r«, - , , . „ . McReynolds returned homeTney Phm*«d headlong TOO a shorUy aftenv3rd *gulley at the right side of road. The skipper, bravelytheexposing himself, emptied his pis-'» » Yesterday his body was found!in.. his gas-filled automobile. AItol and a carbine and orderednote beside the body saidf “Mythe others io start crawling! ^e »new address will be with Mil-back along the ditch on theiristomachs and nanas and knees, j Von Papen ^ BcrHnh-!£* aOUP c™tinued Jra'!i LONDON. Aug. 8—(AP)—The I backward over its own dead Hlftztcontaii** paris radio said jtvounacd. As usual m the hedge-)tod that Franz Von p (row country, the gulley was bro-|German smbassaUor who y]e^ ;ken every hundred yards or sojTurkeT wfcen that comitrv brokejby culverts on the level road. reIation3 ,A.ith Germam-. had ar-Each time the men had to leave rived in Berlin“ver- Sprm* “vevei^yt Eertler in the day he had imo the open across the obsta-jbeen reported in Bucharest■icle and dive again, into the ditch — - . _on the other side.Many of the men were killed in this manner. The Germans also shot up the party's vehicles,! [ exploding the gasoline tanks and j setting the cars afire with in-1 cendiary bullets. The attack bs-jgan at 2:30 in the afternoon. [Two and three-quarters hours la-j jter the party had crept a mile! [and a half along the ditches.}[leaving its vehiclesfarbehind.Then The RescueThe Germans followed along the other side of the ledge, intensifying their fire and searching the gulleys with mortar 1 fire. The greatly outnumbered survivors gave themselves up for lost.Then help arrived in the shape of five light tanks and a com-Pepsi-Cola Company,pany of infantry. The veteran Franchised Bottler; P£P?I-COLA
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Jefferson City Post Tribune
Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Tue, Aug 08, 1944
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