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1 .........Says'♦HOWARD BYRNE, Staff CorrespondentV**WITH THE 100TH DIV., March 2—A lanky,Ttrm-»‘A ■ !*■ ft* ft ^ * v!‘,#tT*$# «% V« V ~ v * ‘ lt;laconic, Ozark-born_lt; .*f ft V -V1 •V:. ' * ft * lt;♦ «v ft *, * —. * * * ft ** * vft- v *%:* ,vK.%*x% ■jj, v’. * •ft •**•„ y ***5!xv -•!* '- ^. v*:*, %♦^yv*aru - • '(tr* T ( **, * *. * *. tig# «- .'4y ,?*** Asharpshoolwith killing 130 Germans, sat I the Century Div.who is creditedx-Mc* *«.5,^;* ’ '' V •'7A ft ftVw*vSUKJKA ** w*vw5J* . 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TB- .r * ***•Af' *•*.41 «;•:A,»' ♦ *■« « MlKaW*about itwThe boys rib meft.j* _».jra •yTv..*8* ftA1*.,'* «- *.« ?r-jp*wPhM9. a♦T*ftCN0West joined the Oklahoma National Guard 12 years ago, ’’mostly because they had shootin’ ranges, i am t no shot at all compared tonor'r'” jje ghoot the tailsmx■r.t writ:m «r»•■ A.•* v* /V e .i.ft-**rUC'^JE.Cft. ft *»r. ^ .r •■ :r-lWK;.’» ar‘w*' a,* ft Jtc*LM■ * * j’1ft.Ca f;yn.ft j#.»#■ * vft 1:«-«TPS3KA,i *»*_P ft -•AftA:a» v'pappy,nff —*—G while they was run-tree and could knock•W*v.**y •*. rftv »- »SSA1MW.■r «V*JTC;-•v;-?* F ft.%vvnmg up aquail out of the air with.At*■*.ft.r*1Jr. * *r.r*N■%Big Bag In Sicilyw.-» y.'VVV* f H• .9.accountedy, whenWest isK. *HUSGtQkS;;AT-/ .,jOJOCfor 120 Germanshis Tommy gun.Cv-v.; *.lt;tf.ft, ft;ivy i**9 * . A - /,*;«;X vvXX'•5*3? ** *V% *_ •*( *Xlt;:v **♦ *T. A iBJKVaOo j* ■ '.iSgt. Horace T. West With Mabel”70th Dough Found14th Armored Dir.LotsFebruary Tankers' SurpriseI don’t say I was the only one to hit all those Germans,” Wrestremarked. I mind one dav aGerman officer stuck his head'outof a tank and yelled surrender tothe super-race. When we picked him up later half his face was shot°l \ , ,,was ^goring it was mvshot killed him but I guess a lotof the boys got the same idea at the same tirr\INFFebruary may be the shortest month of the year, but to PvL Robert Orme, 18, of St. Anthony, Idaho, it brought more than 28days of events. Last month Orme, a rifleman:Joined the Trail blazers: wonthe CombatDoes About Face4s BarnIWITHn Infantryman’sBadge in Alsatian village figh^-received his appointmentNaval Academy;passed his physical for it. andhis trip back to theTHE 14TH ARMD, DIV., March 2—Men of C Co., 48th Tank Bn., are convinced that the barn did them dirt. It looked like ideal coverage from which to smash a German anti-tank gun commanding a street down which the tanks had to roll to clean out the town.came to the 100th Div recently as a reinforcementafter being out of combat for 14 rc/irtn/iitftfi 1he methodically returnedIS appears j business of killing Germans.He has accounted for ten in northern Alsace since joining his newoutfitIt was because the Germans killed a kid in his outfit that West dlt; cided to become a sniner*♦IIftThe kid12th Armored Div%SergeantWins BattlefieldEverybody agreed that the tactical solution was so simple, it was laughable. All they had to do was knock a little hole in the brick wall of the barn, poke the muzzle of a 75 through and—bingo, no more Jerry AT gun. Best of all,they d have complete coverage during the whole en pa perron fwas new,” West said, and I 'hked him and told him all the things 1 had learned to do andnot to do in combat. I told him especially never to get out of his hole once he had a good one.”One day the kid forgot whatWest had told himWaiting Brings RevengeftDouglas W, Hadley, 22, of Swan Lake, Ohio, has received a battlefield commission as a second lieutenant while in combat with the 7th Army, As a staff sergeant in the 23d Tank Bn. of the 12th Armd. Div., Lt Hadley twice took over command of his platoon in emergencies, demonstrating leadership ability that resulted in his appointment, it was announcedEngineers supplied a mine andwas placed carefully in just the ?ht spot to make a tiny opening r the 75. The surprise party wasI set, the mine was detonated—and the whole barn vanished into a cloud of broken bricks, leavingthe tankers with their bare faceshanging out.For a second nobody moved, then the tankers scooted from their protected” spot as quickly as the arn had disappearedThat news went plumb against I my liver,” said West. *7 went and talked to the kid’s buddies and found out where he had been sitting They showed me which wav he faced and where the bulletwentdidnMQfllk Inf IKin and came out. Then I a little figuring and decided it must have been a sniper in the brush about 300 yards offWest picked a spot and waitedall day long for the sniper to show himself. Finally he saw the German hiding behind a forked stump He killed him with one shotmiNtpniswlMlt;th
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