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kiSSIDCISNAD KIN SlOWS VS' S At ISO AD YASDS WtSfASHAMIllS t SAINSvan witHour items osCOUUVNlCAIIONS ANDCAPptiD wus own runSVSStY 400 lAND MINIS Wl si fOVND IN I HI ISA U L/i. ASIA Of 0N( STAIION.us handy with the Army’s famed MI rifle. He pot four Germans during the first day of the Sencd battle. Hut the Find Pass break-through was a heart-breaking turn of the tables with the Germans capturing between 1,(100 and 1,700 men in Pciffor's regiment.From February until May, Peiffer was involved in as much battle as many an infantryman is likely to -ee throughout the course of the war. Few reinforcements came to North Africa in those months. In rapid succession the 34th fought at Fonduk Pass, reinforcing the Briti- h Eighth Army—took part in the historic fight for Hill took El Ac Quilar—and then rolled into Tunir and Bizerte. The enemy surrendered its arms unconditionally with the rout of llomcl, anil for a few weeks l'eiffer was detailul to guaid German prisoners at a concc-ntralior ci.rnp. Ho then moved to Tuni: •gain, and helped train infantrymen for the invasion of Sicily. A short stay at Sidi llesc-d and Oran war; climaxed by the Salerno beachhead landings.Describing his arrival in Italy, the Sigourney sergeant .aid that ; n attack of yellow jaundice just the day before the Volturno Itivcr crossing caused his evacuation back to North Africa. Three weeks later he was1 back in Itaiy, and look part in the. Battle of Mount Puntuno, perhaps/
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Le Mars Semi Weekly Sentinel
Le Mars, Iowa, US
Tue, Mar 20, 1945
Page 2
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