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Engineers Defuse Nazi OP In Italian Alps Heroic TNT Raid
In Italy's mountains Combat Engineers from the 45th Division plant 500 pounds of TNT to collapse a hidden German OP, three men crawling up a ledge and placing charges. The blast and a fierce German barrage halt the line, as Sgt Charles Corelia survives a shrapnel hit. In a separate WELFTH AIR FORCE report, a B 26 crew member grapples with 1000 pound bombs sliding in the bomb bay, nearly losing a man before the two safely push them free and survive.
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Fifth Army
Italy
45Th Division
Paot
Woodrow W. Smouse
Farmington
N. Mex
Charles Corelia
Ajo
Ariz
Bernard Gordon Jr
Larchmont
N. Y
Pvt. Smouse
Corelia
Welfth
Bass
Josephs
Norbert J. Rix
Philadelphia
Rix