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«Ranger VetBlames War*For Crime LifeLOS ANGELES, Feb. 2L—(LP)— Former Ranger Captain Charles M. Shumtrom, 26, to-called “Wild Man of the Anrio Beachhead,” today continue* his testimony- that the abode and fatigue of bloody earn* paijjBf led to mental irrespoasibil-ity and robbery.M CaontiBoston-born Shanttrom pleadedPJsguilty yesterday before Superior Judcejudge Walter S. Gate* to 10 count* of robbery which allegedly netted him $700-He said he was left temporarilypsychopathic by the Dieppe raid,North African landings and the Dassino and Airao battles. Contributing to his condition, he added, were attacks of malaria and low ofhi* rights under the GI hill through reediFdaitinMn«iMhialbPyhforced resignation.Bravest Officer In th!s irresponsible condition, he said, he help up eight service 0 stations, a shoe store and a liquor store. He wa* arrested in December. . •Two others of the 99 survivors of the original Banger battalion came to court with Shunstrom. One of them, Lt CoL Walter F. Nye, described the defendant as “the bravest officer in the Bangers, the most daring, the most reckless, one of the best.”“He had a lot of confidence—it was contagious,” said Ex-Sgt. Phil it stem who served under Shunstrom v in the Tunisian and Italian campaigns.Many DecorationsThe holder of three Purple Hearts, the Croix de Guerre and many other decorations, Shunstrom was forced to resign from the array in May, IMS, for violation of security measures. The army accused him of describing too fully in a national magazine his escape from a German prisoner of war camp.He was captured in Italy where be won the nickname of “The Wildman of the Anrio Beaches” in war correspondent Richard Treg-askis* ‘'Invasion Diary,” 0 — -AICjAopde0CA’mritoglt;octediSc2:cd'tl
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San Mateo Times
San Mateo, California, US
Fri, Feb 21, 1947
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