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Close shaves and odd tales from the Fifth Army in Italy
Pvt William Peters of Hammond Indiana leads a German who yells Kamerad down a hillside then delivers him to regimental command. Other dispatches recount Blick and Smith escaping a shell barrage, Mehrkens bedding near open jeeps then under cover, Weldon saving a rolling jeep after brakes fail, Provenzano missing size 13 shoes since Sicily, and smoke guidance aiding artillery with two German bodies found in a cave.
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Fifth Army
Italy
William Peters
Hammond
Ind
Kamerad
Peters
James Blick
Spavinaw
Okla
Frank H. Smith
Morehead
Blick
Smith
Pfc
M. R. Mehrkens
Red Wing
Minn
Mehrkens
Sicily
Provenzano