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Pecos man •••[Continued from Page 1]capture column it was reported that the Rangers had taken over 5,000 German prisoners.For their efforts the Rangers were repeatedly awarded presidential citations.' There were no heroes in the Rangers,” said Millers, “they were all heroes. We were strictly a team effort, and that’s why we were twice as effective as a unit three times our size.”Miller related an incident that took place months later behind German lines that won his batallion a presidential citation, and demonstrated the Ranger efficiency.The 600 strong 5th Bat-tallion was sent through a hole in the German lines to cut off the German supplylines. They succeeded incutting the line, but found themselves completely surrounded by a German Division that pinned them down for 10 days.The batallion was attacked again and again but they could not be taken.At one point when the Germans overran their position and they were engaged in hand-to-hand combat, the Rangers called their own artillery down upon themselves and the Germans.Many of the Rangers were killed by their own shells but finally the German attack was beatc.iback.A war correspondent later wrote of the scene, “You could walk a 1,000 yard circle around the Ranger position and never step on the ground. The area was littered with thousands of German bodies.But the price had beenhigh in the Ranger ranks, too. (Jut of the 600 men force, only 135 came back.Later, captured German documents would tell of the amazement and frustration the Germans experienced at being out-fought and held back by such a small force.MILLER AND his DCompany marched on across France and to Austria, taking part in many more battles, until VE Day rolled around.In 1946 George Miller and D Company were mustered out of the U.S. Army. Out of 100, there were 16 left.
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Pecos Enterprise
Pecos, Texas, US
Thu, Jun 06, 1974
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