Down to Last Grenade by 28th Division Inspires Heroic Stand
U S 28th Division holds firm against German assault after Bastogne era. Lieutenant radios major with grim resolve We will never give up. Soldiers from Texas West Virginia and Indiana fight through encirclement at Wahlhausen Weiler and nearby positions staging a desperate defense lasting through night and into the next day as German tanks and infantry press the attack.
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Larry International
Nowe Berg
Belgium
U. S
Marshal von Rumdstedt
Bedan
Meuse
Antwerp
Leutenant
Rundstedt
Oure
Luxembourg
Bastogne
Amore
Hitler
Wahlhausen
Weiler
Manuel Wise
Big Spring
Texas
West Virginia
Tews
Gaple
Floyd K. McGutcheon
Idgville
Ind
Wise
Agi
Lthei
Minnwihr
Tur
Doughboy Heroes Remembered From Wartime Accounts
Reports detail individual acts of valor among Allied troops. Private Wise fired on a German paratrooper at 50 yards, dropping him at his feet and inspiring men to press on. Harold Deutschman hid for 114 hours before escaping, while Lieut. Raymond Florg led tanks to halt German advances near Oler-Vaux. Other stories recount Betty Stutz and Ben Bertram near a bivouac, and Lieut. Glenn Paterson guiding rear echelon riflemen then aiding Bastogne.
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Neary Residerf
Wise
Pyt
Harold E. Deutschman
Chicago
Flelg
Betty Stutz
Detroit
Ben Bertram
Glenn Paterson
Olivia
Taxes
Wiltz
Ley
Peterson
Luxembourg
Blamen
Bastogne
L01st Airborne
Jap Peace Plans Discussion Topic at Area Colleges
A joint meeting of Inter national Relations clubs from St Mary's University Our Lady of the Lake and Incarnate Word colleges will discuss Jap peace plans at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Incarnate Word. Yvonne Hebert Mary Alice Richard and Louis Marmion present on population problems in fiction to Japan while Jean Bernard Wanda Dean Butcher and Richard C Frita address economic issues with Jang Latin presiding.
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Japan
St. Mary's University
Our Lady of the Lake
Incarnate Word Colleges
Incarnate Word
Yvonne Hebert
Mary Alice Richard
Louis Marmion
IMG
Jean Bernard
Wanda Dean Butcher
Richard C._Frita
Jang Latin
Incarnite Word Club
Texans Stem Nazi Title in Heroic 36th Stand
The 36th Texas Division in France faced a brutal December 13 to 18 clash in the Vosges and Rhine valley against a strong German defense. Despite heavy assault, the 142nd Infantry held near Selestat and Riquewihr, repelling attacks, taking 433 German prisoners, and slowing the momentum to protect the division rear.
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36TH
TEXAS
Seventh Army
France
Texas” I
Vosges
Rhine
Selestat
142Nd
Riquewihr
Guadalcanal Named by 15th Century Adventurer
A historical note explains that Guadalcanal received its name from a 15th century explorer who named it after his hometown in Spain.
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Guadalcanal
Spain
B-24 Pilot Stokes Flies Crew Home After Munich Mission
Lieutenant Clyde B. Stokes 1s-3a/puished aging Gross and his crew escaped a mission over Munich with two engines out and a 150 foot ceiling. He completed 31 missions, earned the Air Medal with three clusters, and brought damaged planes home. He is son of W. H. Blakes and wife Lucille Colbath. en route to reassignment in Miami Beach.
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Clyde B. Stokes
Munich
Act
Emi
Frank Buck
Stokes
W. H. Blakes
Harding House
Lucilleever
Cotulla
Miami Beach
Distin
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