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Chester Soldier WritesOf Southern Maneuverson the outskirts of town and destroyed nine planes, Returning to town we captured the G. I. of the Fourth Army Corps. ?5 trucks, about 500 men,. including jeeps, j weapon carriers, command cars.You’ve read accounts of recentf army, maneuvers in the south,\written by reporters specializing inthat line. For a soldier's view ofthe same maneuvers, we give youthe following excerpts from 3 let- .1.., c 1 ■ large trucks, armored cars, a deter written by Sergeant John J. 1 f ’ t_ , . ~ t— ,, -,l , tachment of -motorcycle riders andPeterson, of Company R, 113th In-1 ,, .r • , . . , • c, . r. i truckloads of men.fantry, to his father. Sergeant Cari it, , r .t. /-n, i We held the town until 9:30Peterson, of the Chester Police De- s. 1 a. m. when a quartermaster regi-partrcent ! ,, ‘ , *1 merit was told that a large Blue-I . see,” the Chester soldier j force had capturcd the town of wrote, that all the credit for j Kcrshaw ^ gcnt jn a company j penetrating the enemy lines goes s f about m men an{J wfirc qyjte j to the third battalion of the Illth • urprlscd t0 find that but 20 men ; Infantry. Well, that's all v,-rong, had upset the who3e area.The only outfit to go through was. „Wc were finaMy hutj K Company and about 15 tanks. Uje Ref, for^ Jn {hat section W3SirJLast Thursday night, after riding all day, the 2-Sth Division attempted to break through the enemy lines about ten miles south of Kershaw. S. C. Fifteen tanks jfrom the 181st Tank Battalion andK Company managed to break through. The rest were stopped.We advanced to Kershaw, driving, out the Reds, and four tanks, four riflemen and myself were left to wreck the town. Totaling about 20 men, we occupied the town at 3 a. m. Friday, seized the railroad, destroyed tank cars of gas and oil,'arid'tons, of food and ammuni* tion, '. We then attacked the airportcompletely upset. In the meantime.Sergeant DeAngelo. with one tank.an armored car and 13 men, wentahead and occupied the town ofJefferson,. S. CL about 10 milesfrom Kershaw. He captured about300 men and vehicles. The rest of ■the company went ahead and captured the Fourth Corps General Staff.The entire maneuver was under the supervision of Colonel McClure and Captain Donald Griffith, who were in command of the battalion and the tanks. In other words, Delaware county troops penetrated further and did more damage than any other Blue force.tr
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Chester Reporter
Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Dec 05, 1941
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