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WITH TOE 106TO DIVISION IN BELGIUM, Jan. 23 lt;AP)- It wasa ’’quiet sector” they handed the 106th Infantry Division, fresh to the front and eager for battle last Dec. 11. The quiet ended in a shatteringeruption of fire and steel five days later.In another two days two regiments and supporting artillery andarmor of the Golden Lion Division were put out of action.Only a handful came back from the 422nd and 423rd Regiments. Thislittle group—less than 300 strong pitched in and helped the remain- I The last message was at 6 PM. Both ing regiment—the 424th—to make messages were identical—’’We arebefore. w w. ^ ■ - w — a v ™1 ■ —fc.behiijt St. Vith.Up to now censorship has stoppedthese details.Secretary of War Henry L. Stim-son announced Thursday that the663now destroying our equipment.”That was all. Presumably most of the two regiments were taken prisoner.The Germans then headed for St. Vith and were stopped temporarilyGerman offensive including 416 by fbe 81st and 168th Eng. Bns.killed and 1.246 wounded. He said wb0 fought heroically. They woromost of the division's 7,000 missing out-gunned many times over and itmen were presumed to be prisoners. was mainly by sheer couiage t atThe story of the 100th disaster thc-y ^Id the Germans otT all nightwith three tank destroyer guns andfoggy16 as it occupied positions in and fbree ol mm guns.around Schnee Eifel, a rocky wooded ridge ten miles long and twoPHONY MPsEarly on the morning of Dec. 18miles jwide astride the Siegfried j djvjsjon headquarters began movingwest of St. Vith. Some units were halted* by MPs who had on Ameri-Line. Thealong a 27-mile frontThe attack started at 5:50 AM can uniforms and talked with mid-with a tremendous artillery bar- west acCents. The MPs turned outrage against the 106th line which ^e Germans. One of them firedcurved northward from the center a rocket wihich signalled the open-of the Schnee Eifel in the sector ing of a terrific barrage against the held by the 14th Cavalry Gp., an | halted vehicles, armored outfit attached to the infantry. Then the barrage moved across to a field artillery battalion which was also attacked. By 6:20 AM more than 100 rounds had hit squarely among the artillerymen.daybreakFORCED WITHDRAWALThe Germans turned their guns on the 422nd and 423rd Regts. and followed with infantry and tank assaults. Bymans had thrown two divisions into this part of the front and by midmorning the enemy columns were swarming around Schnee Eifel. | Manhay. They swarmed the 422nd and 423rd Regts. and forced the 424th to withdraw.At 3:35 PM Dec. 18th the radio reported all units of the two regiments needed ammunition, food and water. Parachuting supplies was out of the question because of fog.’’That was my first artillery ambush and I hope it was my last,” said Major Matthew R. J. Giuflre, Bronx, New York.After a stiff fight by the 424th the 9th Armored Div. which had moved up Dec. 19, and the 28th Div., 112th Regt., the sorely exhausted and badly depleted 106th pulled back to reorganize on Dec. 17 Ger- I 23 but the next day were thrownfinallyGermansbetween
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