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(Continued On Pago 3)ISpuds Help GIs Capture GermansWITH THE 89TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN GERMANY.—The S clowly spud had its day in the j i Cannon, Colorado 354th Regi- {! ment, 89th Infantry Division recently. Now . Private First Class Francisco Ibarra of Laredo, Texas, can think of nothing Imore beautiful than a fa?. I potato. *rIbarra ran across two Germans in n foxhole and, realizing he himself was armed with nothing more deadly than a slingshot, called to n Cannon Company buddy, Private Robert J. Cragie of Highland Park, Michigan, for help.Cragie came running up armed with only six large potatoes. The Germans, only five yards ■ * away, thought the tubers were I c hand grenades and surrendered. 5 g They had been armed with tw * J burp guns and plenty of spa^ s ammunition. nIbarra lives at 218 Davis street, j f Laredo, and Cragic's home is nt J 10 Mos$ Avenue, Highland Park. * tYtIttrsO AAA TO _____ D
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Mon, Jul 16, 1945
Page 5
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