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n, liewith escn limit eh-1 ? last(ioswellen, and a 6-ycjr-old son, house; ushers, Roy Cherry, Dudley Raymond Eugene, reside at Chop- Elding, and Donald Croupe; assist-tank. Md. Before his induction Schuy- ants, Edward Bowmen Jr., and Mcr-ler was employed at Fcderalsburg. ; lin Shenk. ,thin this k first , Esq., nationM Sgt. Atkinson Tells About How The War Went In Brittany BattleIenton, Octo-e scr-Vuttle t first from orpin, aining I. Up-ed at Lcon-spcnt Ts in uvers. i For-:mbcr, about When ambatMaryits, atThe following letter was received by Mrs. Clarence Aikinson, of Fedora tsburg. from her son, M. Sgt. Robert Atkinson, who is serving with I ho Gth Armored Division in France. M. Sgt. Atkinson 1ms been serving in the U. S. Army 1G years.Somewhere in Fiance August 25, 194*1Dearest Mom:Here's a copy of a clipping to sort of give you an idea of what we have been doing over here in France. Col. Lagrew, who is mentioned, is my commanding officer. I'm sending a copy of this to each member of the family. Will write very soon. Hope every one is well.Always your loving son,Bob.The following is in extract from the military publication “The Stars and Stripes”, Volume 1, No. 43, dated Tuesday, 22 August 1944, authorized for repnblicntion and mailing hy G-2, Gth Armored Division, 23 August 1944:Gth Armored Division’s Race to Brest 2.10 Miles in Ten Day Push Up Brittany Peninsula The story of the U. S. Sixth Armored Division’s 10-day 250-mile drive up the Brittany Peninsula, under the command of Major General Robeit VV. Grow, was made public for the first time yesterday, shortly after the division was taken off the secret list of France.The Sixth smashed from Lcssay to the outskirts of Brest between Ju’y 28 and August 7, capturing more than 5000 Germans, including Lt. Gen. Carl Spang. Its own casualties in the drive were described as light.Liberated French resistance groups played a major roie in the Sixth Armored advance, holding towns and road junctions, clearing, assisting engineers in building bridges and acting as road guides, after the Americans had swept through.The entire campaign was a complicated. leap-frogging affair. General CS row's men sometimes surged forward so rapidly that they found themselves operating beyond areas covered by the maps on hand.At no time was there anything which could be called a real front’’ last night's announcement said. Bv passed enemy pockets and escaped enemy units from the St. Miiio area, fleeing toward Brest, struck at the Armored Division's tail after it had hit llie outskirts of Brest.In one action Lt. Col. Enibrv D. Lagrew, of Lexington, Ky., took a lank-infnntry task force of 500 men and in five hours killed 230 Nazi and captured 7G0 others.Gcncial Grow has awarded 10 Silver Stars and approximately 100 Bronze Stars to the men of his division for their gallantry in action and meritorious achievement during the ten day campaign. The general himself received the Bronze Star.General Grow was assistant chief of staff to Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. when the latter commanded the Second Armored Division at Fort Bciming, Ga.1 pal Ph| Nc I abcj bel' cm (sulfortin;eiilturduPont Nylon Team Plays Here SundayThe dnPont Nylon Baseball Club will appear here on Sunday at 2:30 in what may be the last ball game of the season.Scheduled here last Sunday, the Nylonders had to postpone the match at a late hour on Friday when players were not available for the contest. A desperate effort was made ty Manager Cole to obtain another club but all efforts failed.See the Dentoniaiis in action on Sunday as this looks like the windup of another good season.
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Denton Journal
Denton, Maryland, US
Fri, Sep 08, 1944
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