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oi tne mtcn a lew yards away, Dix looked up again.Gets Bump on Head.“All of us suddenly realized they were Germans,” Dix said. “I was sure of it by the shape of the helmet. They were as startled as I was and jumped into the ditch, too.“I jumped back and pulled the trigger of my machine gun, which was one we had captured. It jammed. It always jammed after a few rounds and I had to open the cover and jerk out the cartridge.“I jumped back again just as one of our sergeants further up the hill saw the situation and cut loose with a .45. His bullet hit me square on the back of my helmet. It dazed me and knocked me flat, but didn’t penetrate.“Sergeant Petty hollered, “Keep your head down.’ Then he cut loose with his automatic rifle, dead center, down the middle of the ditch, right into the place where the four Germans were standing. That ended them. There was no answering fire and all I got out of it was a bump on the head.”Praises German Medic.Sergeant Dix also told about a captured German medic.“All our medics were hurt themselves by sniper fire at the base of a cliff, or stayed on the beach to take care of our wounded there,” Dix said. “But this German medic we picked up did a good job. He wasn’t worried at all about gun-, fire around him. After patching up all the wounded around him he would crawl out and help othermen who were hurt
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Racine Journal Times Sunday Bulletin
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Sun, Jun 25, 1944
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