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onto the plalnfiplain.plainplainsplan. ofot KAIROUANXAIROUANAIRWOMAN capturingoapturingcapturing-
the
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capturi-ngthe vital road *, rail and communicationoommunioation center and wouldwould-
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out
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British
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The 34th Division was occupying a defensive positionposition-
at
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fronting the division on the dominating hillsbills protectingprotecting-
the
protecti-ngthe pass were elements of the German 961 AfrikaAfrica SpecialSpecial-
Regiment
Spe-cial
Special-
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Special-
Regiment
Spe-cial which of 999 L Brigade.BrigadeBrigade.-
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In this area the terrain was rugged and mountainousmountainous-
and
mountaino-
usand any operation miSvmusmustmilsemus be directed through this 1000 yardyard-
gap
ya-
rdyard-
gap
ya-
rdyard-
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on
an-
on
and-
on
an-
on
and-
on
an-
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pass
thes-
pians
this-
pass
thes-
pians
this-
pass
thes-
pianspass had to be approachedap roachedbroached over flat , sandy and uncovereduncovered-
terrain.
uncov-ered
uncovered-
terrain.
uncov-ered
uncovered-
terrain.
uncov-eredterrain.terrain. All north , south and west main roads convergedconverged-
forming
conve-rged
converged-
forming
conve-rged
converged-
forming
conve-rgedforming one main road through FONDOUKONDOUKFONDAHONDO GAP.GAP., Such main roadsroads-
were
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.
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which
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roads-
which
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roads-
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I The Tunisian Front was anchored on the left ( north )
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The allied front stretched some 250 miles and waswas-
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center and the American forces were in the center and southsouth-
sector.
south-
easter
south-
sector.
south-
easter
south-
sector
outs-
coresector.sector., General iJontgorneryfskontgomery'skontgomerysontgomery'sontgomerysMontgomery> ' Eighthl.ighthlighthlight!. ArmyArrn7>T was pursuing rommel'srommelsormnellsommel'sommelsrommelCornellpommelsrommel's-
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defensive
the-
defensive
the-
defensivedefensive action of the enemy forces.forcesforcts.forctsfortsfort c s . (4)4(4)-
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At this time some 520,000520000320,000320000, enemy troops had been pushedpushed-
into
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.is area was the GermanGeranGerma-
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Germ-
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'underundernd er "commandcommand"comman-
dof
command-
of
comman-
do
commandcomman-
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ofot the ttaentakenween ofot JI Company to engage the eneayeneDQ'eneDQenemyenemadenned' in{n anSA offensiveotf.anaiveotfanaiveoff-ensiveoffensivebotaniespensiveoffensive-operation
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operation was highhigh.*. As forfor-forexperienceforeperson- experience thethathan company waswa-
sconsidered
wa-
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wa-
sconsideredconsidered in the category ofor Hgreen"greengreen" troops"troopstroopI"troopItroop" in comparisonoomparisoncomparison-
tooomparison-
to.
comparis-on
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ntothe
compar-isontoto.to-thetothe.- the experienceexperionce of the-opposingtheopposing- forces.forcesforoes.foroes,forgoes. The AfrikaAfricaAfrika-
Korps
Afrik-aners
AtrlAstralAfrika-
Korps
Afrik-aners
aa-
Korpi
M-
aoriKorpsKorpiCorpsKop had been engaged in combat fortortore many monthsOD . and&QQ& theirtheir-morale
ther-mopile
their-morale
ther-mopile
their-morale
ther-mopilemorale was high despite the facttact their army was sufferingsuffering-
Eversessuffe-
ring, ._,EversesrgveroesReversesreveres$,v J;' e.e. and.wasandwaspandasand ._ was withdrawingw1tMraw1n.gw1tMraw1ngwtthdx'awin.gwtthdxawing'. at the tine.tinetiMe.tiMe. . . . ., The'lb.elbeElbe'
. American-
supplyAmeri-
cansAmAmericanAmerican.l1'cl1c! ' n"n". . ,.
supplylupply line had been over extended and many of the logisticallogisticalp-
roblemslogis-
ticallogisticalp-
roblemslogis-
ticallogisticalp-
roblemslogis-
ticalproblems were in the experimental stage.stage., For exampleexample-
whiteexam-
pleexample-
whiteexam-
pleexample-
whiteexam-
plewhite bread was almost non-existentnonexistent- on the front line andand-
when
san-
dmen
and-
when
san-
dmenwhen available the ration was one slice per man which waswa-
seaten
ars-
enatewa-
seaten
ars-
enatewa-
seaten
ars-
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eaten as dessert.dessert. Cigarettes were plentiful but were thethe-
"offth-
eoffT-
heothe-
"offth-
eoffT-
heothe-
"offth-
eoffT-
heopI'pI' I
"offoff" brand"brand" variety.variety. In many instnnces1nstDncesinstances it had been impossibleimpossible4-.
impossible-4,. . vt.4t4'.-4.4.-4.'f. -... l6Kry-... .,. .. .r'r'. ..u. .1M. .... .- .f,' . . . ". ."1, *. . . . . . . . . . ... . .s.w/.s.w....s.wVA, , <-. > ,/ . . ,. v.vVA....... 1ra' -'f'ff- .' . . . . '. - . . . . . '. ". . .
*.. . . .. . . i,. . .J.J.J+..m, ""* . n.n+.. '.'.*..+ . . ", .--ftft-.".-. r.. . , . - -. .. ';.yr.yr* <. ... .n.u.nu7Y.7Y.n:,. VU.1"VU.1VU1. .'.% q4* t.t".. . " .Y'Y*. I'\I'II-
'toI-
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to supply American rations and to supplement this shortageshortage-
rationsshor-tageshortage-
rationsshor-tageshortage-
rationsshor-tagerations were drawn from the BritishBritish.British.supplyBritishsupplyBritish. supply point.point. ClothingClothing-
andClothi-
ngand equipment was extremely scarce.scarce. On the other hand thethe-
enemy
He-
nleythe-
enemy
He-
nleythe-
enemy
He-
nleyenemy enjoyed short lines of communication , warehouses fullfull-of
fu-ll
full-ot
fulle-
stfull-
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llofot supplies and his occupation of well fortified andan-
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an-
dstrategic
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an-
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From
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IliFAN'rRY-
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From 1-515- April the 133rdl33rd Infantry , leasless the 2nd2n-
dBattalion
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ratedoperated-
throughoutope-
ratedoperated-
throughoutope-
ratedthroughout this campaign without the service ofot the 2nd2nd-
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dBattalion2n-
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area
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On
BATTALIO-
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nOn 7 April the battalion was in a defensive positionposition-
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whichfir-
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theirstri-
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theirstri-
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mortars
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made on PONDOUKroNDOUKFONDOUKPONDrondoFONDA GAP the next morning 8 April.April. CompanyCompany-
commanders
Company-
commanders
Company-
commanderscommanders would not be able toto make a reconnaissancereconnaissance-
over
reconnaissa-nceover the area to be attackedattaoked since the defensive areaarea-
was
areaw-
ays
area-
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ays7 was someBomeBiome 26 road milesmile.mile. away and to move forward duringduring-
daylightdu-
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ringduring-
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ringdaylight hours might reveal thethothou plan.plan. InformationInformation-
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ationInformation-
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ationconcerning this area was received from personnel that hadha-
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ha-
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ha-
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and
objecti-veand was as follows : the terrain was flat , sandy and veryvery-
open
Euro-
pean
very-
open
Euro-
pean
very-
open
Euro-
peanopen with little or no cover for the troops all the wayway-
from
day-
room
way-
from
day-
room
way-
from
day-
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be
wou-
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line-
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of
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erationabou-
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high
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ight
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he-
ight
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ighthigh ground was well fortified and occupiedoccupied.occupied.-
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Company
C-
ompany
K-
Compant
C-
omplaint
K-
Company
C-
ompanyCompanyCompantComplaint on the right ; L Company in reserve ; the heavyheavy-
weapons
heavy-
weapons
heavy-
weaponsweapons of Mbi Company would be employed to support thethe-
attack
hea-
rtache
the-
attack
hea-
rtache
the-
attack
hea-
rtacheattack by firetire from a central position.positionposition.T-
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positi-on
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THE COMPANY SITUATIONTUATIONTUITIONSITUATIO-
NDuring
Situa-tion
81SITUTUATIO-
NDuring
Stati-oned
ATIONACTIONATIO-
NDuring
Tinc-
turingDuring the morning of 7 April a shakedown Inspection ofotof-
personnel
c-
oppersot-
personnel
bo-
thersome
of-
personnel
c-
opperspersonnel and equipment was conducted in view of the "rumored11rumored11"rumored"rumored"rumored1-
1pending
rumored11-
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pending
rumoredp-
ending
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nding"rumored"-
pending
rumoredp-
ending
unprete-
nding
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pending action.action. All weapons were inspected as to serviceservice-service-
abilityservice-
abilityservice-
ability
¬-
ability and the troops inspected1nsp ctedacted to insure that they did notnot-
carry
no-
tarynot-
carry
no-
tarynot-
carry
no-
tarycarry any information that would be ofot aid to the enemy.enemy. AllAll-
members
Al-
moners
All-
members
Al-
moners
All-
members
Al-
monersmembers of the company were instructedinstruoted to remain under covercover-
and
overh-
and
cover-
and
overh-
and
cover-
and
overh-
andand only platoon sergeants and messengers allowed to movemov-
earound
ove-
rloud
mov-
earound
ove-
rloud
mov-
earound
ove-
rloudaround the area thus preventing the enemy from observing anyany-
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lay-
about
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About 1100 hours 12 replacementsrep1aoe entsLents arrived.arrived. TheTh-
eExecutive
Th-
eExecutive
Th-
eExecutiveExecutive Officer talked tot o these men and it was disdaisdis-
covered
dis-disdaisdis-
covered
dis-
covered
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covered they had been in the ArmylY less than a month.monthmonth.-
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mo-nth
month.-
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errey
month.-
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mo-nth
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Theyrrheyrarefy did not have any knowledgelmoY/ledgelmoYledgelemony/ of tactics , furthermore ,
10 of these replacements did not even know how to load oror-
fire
o-
riel
or-
fire
o-
riel
or-
fire
o-
rielfire the fci-1fci111-111Lol-1LolfociLola- Rifle.Rifle. Realizing the morale effect this wouldwould-
have
woul-
d've
would-
have
woul-
d've
would-
have
woul-
d'vehave upon these men who were going into an attack withoutwithout-
the
witho-utthe basic knowledge of infantry tactics and means of selfselfj-
&
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ammunition
of-
ammunition
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ammunition and took these men down in a wadiwad and showedshowe eacheach-
one
beaco-
ned
each-
one
beaco-
ned
each-
one
beaco-
nedone how to load andan fire the weapon with which he was npingo1nggoingpingnping-
to
going-
to
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goin-
go1ng-
toto be armedarmed.armed.Iihearmed,. iheTheIiheheIrish, arrivalarriva.l. of thesethe:3ethe3e: 1210 replacementsreplacereents broughtbI't)1.'lghtbIt1.lghtbIt1lghtbrought-
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!THET!IE COMPANY PLAN OF ATTACKATTAClK ( Seetae MapMa D ) (10)10(10)-
The
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The line of departure would be a dry wadlwadIwaddlewad about
1000 yardsrardramrod in front of the assembly position ; H hour ,
0530 hourshourihori 8 April 1943.19431943.-
Movement
1943-
Movement
1943.-
Movement
1943-
Movement
1943.-
Movement
1943-
Movement
.
Movement from the assembly area to the line ofof-
departure
of-
departure
of-
departuredeparture would be a column ofot platoons , with thethe-
1st
the-
lat
thr-
eat
the-
lot
he-
lot1stlatlot platoon in the lead followed by the 2nd platoon ,
company headquarters and light machine gun section ,
3rd platoon and 60mm mortar section.sectionsection.-
After
sect-ion
section.-
After
sect-ion
section.-
After
sect-ion
.
After crossing the line of departure the platoonsplatoons-
would
plato-ons
platoons-
would
plato-ons
platoons-
would
plato-onswould move into a spread diamonddi.amond. formation with thethe-
1st
the-
1st
the-
1st1st platoon on the right , 2nd platoon on the leftleftp-.
lef-t
,. . . . .
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company headquarters and light machine gun section inin-
the
in-
ter
in-
the
in-
ter
in-
the
in-
terthe center and to the rear a"boutabout" 50 yards , followed byby-
the
b-
yte
by-
the
b-
yte
by-
the
b-
ytethe 3rd platoon and then the 60mm60tr mortar section.section. TheThe-
advance
He-
adache
The-
advance
He-
adache
The-
advance
He-
adacheadvance to the objective would be on a azimuth readingreading-
of
Readi-ngof 100 degrees for nearly 5000 yards.yardsrards.rardsramrods. All company officersofficers-
we.re
offic-ers
officers-
were
offic-ers
officers-
were
offic-erswe.rewere. further instructed that the unit on the left wouldwould-
be
wou-
ldbe the 135th Infantry and the unit on the right would bebe-
K
be-
ak
be-
K
be-
ak
be-
K
be-
akK Company.Company. The battalion aid station would be located inin-
the
in-
ter
in-
the
in-
ter
in-
the
in-
terthe wadiwad which was the line of departure.departure.* The platoonsplatoons-
V
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reliable 536 radio from the company commanders positionposition-
in
positioni-
ngin the center ofot the two assaultassaasaas satU.tsatUtstout.t platoons.platoons., AlaoAlsoAlamo , thethe-
officers
the-
orizers
the-
officers
the-
orizers
the-
officers
the-
orizersofficers were informed that the companyoompany would oebe supportedlupportedsupported-
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formation
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to-
aststw-
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astsassault.. .aultaultSault. platoonsplatoon.platoon. would occupyoccuPJ a frontage ofot aboutabo.tabotabbot. 250250-
yards
250-
yards
250-
yardsyards each.each. The light machine gun section would movemov-
ewith
mo-
vemov-
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mo-
vemov-
ewith
mo-
vewith the company headquartersheadquarter, and under the command ofotof-
the"Executive
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employment.employmentployment.ploymentlomentsemployment.-
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between
yards-
between
yards-
betweenbetween each man.man. LieutenantL1eutenant Wayne D.D. Frazier, thethe-
Weapons
the-
reuponthe-
Weapons
the-
reuponthe-
Weapons
the-
reuponWeapons Platoon Leader , would be with the 60ram60mm mortarsmortars-
and
mort-arsand was instructed tot o follow the 3rd platoon about 5050-
yards.
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yards
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yards.
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yards
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yards.
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At 2000 hours 7 April trucks arrived and moved thethe-
company
Et-
hiopian
the-
company
Et-
hiopian
the-
company
Et-
hiopiancompany from the area near DJEHELDJEBELDIEHLDEB TROZZATARZAN to the detruckingdetruck1ngdestructingdetrucking-
area
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areadestruct-
ingarea arriving about 2330 hours.hours. The company then movedmoved-
by
mov-
ed
moved-
by
mov-
ed
moved-
by
mov-
edby foot to the assembly area whichwh1ch was about 1000 yardsyards-
in
yards-
1n
yar-dsin1n rear of the line of departure arriving at 0230 hours.hourshoura.hourahourhours.-
Here
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houra.-
Here
hur-rah
hours.-
Here
hor-sier
.
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the
ant-
hem
and-
the
ant-
hem
and-
the
ant-
hemthe men were again reminded to keep their overcoats ono-
nuntil
in-
utile
o-
nuntil
in-
utile
o-
nuntil
in-
utileuntil passing the wadi.wadiwad. Two extra bandoleers of amnunitionamr1un1tionammunitionamnunition-
jyere
ammuni-
tion
amr1un1tion-
were
ammunition-
were
ammunit-
ionwere i3suedissued to each man as well as the daily combat typetype-
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THE
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headquartersbatt-
alionbattaJ10n-
headquarters
battalion-
headquartersbatt-
alionheadquarters came runningrWlningrelenting up to the company commanderoommander toto-
tellto-
tally
to-
tellto-
tally
to-
tellto-
tallytell him to havehQ.vehQve. the companyoompany holdheld up the advance until thethe-
unit
he-
nbit
the-
unit
he-
nbit
the-
unit
he-
nbitunit on the left caught up.up. This was done and the signalsignal-
for
sign-
alsignal-
fore
sign-
al , . . . .
- - . . " . . . ' . ... , . . forforef.ofo. " the oonxpfiayompanrconspiracyOmanOOitOboistc ; 6.nr6nr. :; to halth-a1ha1hia'thiathat- 't in l1°poapa> 0s'ition0sitionCS' 1ttitict10no i
' was'was'brasbras 'g'v'gv'given.given'gi'vngivngiven.-
At
give-
n! ' '
®n .;
At 0600 hours the Battalion Commander ordered thethe-
units
te-
nnisthe-
units
te-nnis
the-
units
te-nnisunits to continue their advanceadvance.,. by this time the sunsun-
was
sau-
nas
sun-
was
sau-
nas
sun-
was
sau-
naswas appearing over the formidableforcidable DJEHELDJEBELDIEHLDEB EL HAOUAREBHADUAREBHAOUAR.EBHARAREADJURE. andand-
for
land-
form
and-
for
land-
form
and-
for
land-
formfor the first time the company officers and men were ableable-
to
tablet-
op
able-
to
tablet-
op
able-
to
tablet-
opto see the terrain and the objective.objective. The terrain waswa-
sflat
asl-
antwa-
sflat
asl-
ant5"aflat" * * and 5.5dLv/f-fdLvf5.dLvff5dLvffdLsandy.sandysandy.rlThesandy. /rlThei'heihelathehe' on1yonlyii-iiiiyallariyal:? .aa?. availableyallaala! a.aa.e.. le.Je.e... .,.. ?cover?. ... ,,nnP .,. .
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in the area was bedsDedsDeeds of poppies and blades of grass somesom-
efour
So-mme
some-
fouY'
some-
fouY
So-mme
som-
efour
So-mmefourfouY'fouYfloury' inches highhtghhath: growinerowlnggrowingrowing in the hard sandy soil.soilsoil.-
At
so-il
soil.-
At
so-il
soil.-
At
so-il
.
At 06500630 hours the rocket signal was fired callingcalling-
forcalli-
ngfor artillery fire on the objective.objectiveobjective.rheobjective., rheihesherheahe, leading platoonplatoon-
was
plato-onwas over 4000 yards from the objective when this friendlyfriendly-
artilleryfrie-
ndlyfriendly-
artilleryfrie-
ndlyfriendly-
artilleryfrie-
ndlyartillery fire was called for.forfor ., All troops moved forwardforward-
slowly
forw-ards
forward-
slowly
forw-ards
forward-
slowly
forw-ardsslowly butuutut as yet had not been fired upon.upon. The formationformation-
remained
form-ation
formation-
remained
form-ation
formation-
remained
form-ationremained the samesame.same.-
At
sam-
e,.
At 0745 hours orders were received over the 55653655-
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radio to halt in position to permit our bombers to workwork-
over
work-
house
work-
over
work-
house
work-
over
work-
houseover the enemy position on and around the objective.objective. TheThe-
troops
Tr-
eetops
The-
troops
Tr-
eetops
The-
troops
Tr-
eetopstroops waited in this position until 08500830 hours and thethe-
bombers
he-
mmers
the-
bombers
he-
mmers
the-
bombers
he-
mmersbombers never arrived.arrived. Later it was learned the bombingbombingi-p"
bombing-ip
bombin-g
bombin-
gmission
bom-bing
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being
wee-
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being
wee-
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being
wee-
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the-
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base
te-ase
the-
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the-
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dfiring
ad-
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an-
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ad-
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an-
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ad-
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enemy
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artillery.-
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commander
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company-
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company-
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advance
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the
informi-ngthe battalion commander that it was impossible to gogo-
forward
g-
ofergo-
forward
g-
ofergo-
forward
g-
oferforward without some kind of supporting fire.fire., At 12301230-
hours
1230-
hours
1230-
hourshours the battalion commanderconwanderconuand.erconuander. advised I Company that friendlyfriendly-
tanks
frien-dly
friendly-
tanks
frien-dly
friendly-
tanks
frien-dlytanks were coming to assist the advance at 1300 hours.hourshours.-
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cor-
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enem-
yartillery
enem-
yartilleryartillery that fell within a radius of 25 yards of hishi.hihis-
prone
iso-
prene
hi.-
prone
hi-
pbone
his-
prone
iso-
prene
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duds.
wee-
ded
were-
duds.
wee-
ded
were-
duds.
wee-
dedduds.duds. These duds can be the enemy'senemysenemy' only excuse for thethe-
survival
th-
esaurithe-
survival
th-
esaurithe-
survival
th-
esaurisurvival of the Executive Officer.Officer. In less than fifteenfifteen-
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200 yards In front of I Company'sCompanysCompany' position.position. Upon thethe-
withdrawal
the-
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area
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only
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men
foe-
men
fewfew-
men
foe-
men
few-
men
foe-
menmen did crawl up along side but everytimeovertimeevery time they were exposedexposed-
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expo-
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expo-
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the
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of-
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the company machine gun section of the weapons platoon.platoonplatoon-
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plato-on
platoon-
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plato-on
platoon-
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plato-on
.
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dafter
ma-
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an-
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ma-
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rained
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company
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the-
company
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the-
company
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weapon
the-
reupon
the-
weapon
the-
reupon
the-
weapon
the-
reuponweapon would cease.ceasecease.-
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casse-
tte
cease.-
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tte.*
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artillery.!:
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all
order-
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forward
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each patrol to go forward to determine the enemy'senemysenemy'enemy' . location ,
positionpOlit1on and type of terrain which would offerotfer more suitablesuitable-
protectionsuit-
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protect1on
suitable-
protectionsuit-
ableprotectionprotect1on fortortore the next day since.ineeineejinnee. a night attack waswaaWada notnot-
being
non-
being
not-
being
non-
being. -
being planned.planned. The firstf1rat patrol was to start at 2100 hourshourihorihours-
and
thous-
and
houri-
and
hurri-
edhours-
and
thous-
andand was to be sent out bybr the 2nd platoon , followed byb1by-
the
b-yte
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the
b-yte
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the 1stlet platoon and 3rd platoon.platoon. Each patrol leader'uponleaderuponleaderleader'upon-
return
leaderupon-
returnbladder-
wortleader'leader ' uponupo-
nreturn
sup-
porterreturn would report to the company commander or thethe-
executive
the-
executive
the-
executiveexecutive officer asa8 to what was found , heard , observed andand-
any
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and-
any
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and-
any
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At
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At 2000 hours the combat wc"wc"c"c" "type ration was broughtbrought-
forwardbro-
ughtbrought-
fOrYardbro-
ughtbrought-
forwardbro-
ughtforwardfOrY/ardfOrYardforayWard/ by the kitchen personnel and placedplaoed on the companycompan-
yIt
compa-nyt.1.'Jnt1.Jnt1Jn, . ' It . to ". - these-btheseb"bheae"bheae-theseheave"-.:. - -"'-" ,' , " "--.- -ft1rC'e"ft1rC'e"ft1rCe-- r . ' "-'" " - '""
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because the mess sergeant had failed to do this prior toto-
Bringing
o-
bliging
to-
i.ringing
t-iring
to-
L.ringing
t-ollingBringingi.ringingiringingL.ringingLringingfringingRinging. the rations forward.forward. CoonffioonFionaoonon it1i t was realized thatthat-
an
tart-
anan unusual amount of noise must have resulted in breakingbreaking-
the
breaki-ngthe boxes open and this noise had attracted the attentionattenti0Hattentiriiattentiveattention-
r
attentio-n .
:,r( the1.1. he enemy I, bringing aboataboutboataboambo t a barrage of artillery andand-
j.
an-
d
and-
fire.
ad-
mire.
. j.j.; . Li'LiL.L.. ! ' fire.fire. Before the men could hit their foxholesfoxholes-
three
foxho-
lesfoxholes-
three
foxho-
lesfoxholes-
three
foxho-
lesthree had been wounded by flying shrapnelshrapnel.*. This indicatedindicated-
thatindica-
tedthat the troops lackedla.ekedlaekedleaked. knowledge or training of thethe-
importance
te-mperance
the-
importance
te-mperance
the-
importance
te-mperanceimportance of quietnessqu1etnes when inin..9..Q.in9Q.in9Qcontactcontact-11tcontact11t! .ctct withwith.hh-
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ceased
hea-
dcheese
had-
ceased
hea-
dcheese
had-
ceased
hea-
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toleade-
rs.
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the
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someab-
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edand was firingtiring onOD the reversereverIe slope of the mountain whichwhich-
allowedWhi-
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the sky while the sun began to setset.setset.insatin., in the west.westwest.-
Eventhoest-
eemwest.-
Eventhoest-
eem.,
EventhoSeventh there were some 8 to 10 known stretcherstretcher-cases
stretc-her
stretcher-cases
stretc-her
stretcher-cases
stretc-hercases it had been impossible to render aid during thethe-
day
hey-
daythe-
day
hey-
daythe-
day
hey-
dayday because of the intensity of enemy machine gun fire.firetire.tirefire.-After
fire-water
tire.-Atter
fire-water
.,
AfterAtterLatter the wounded had been located the question arose asas-
toAs-
ton
as-
t.P
E-ast
as-
toAs-
tontot.PtP. how and by whom the evacuation wouldwou.1dwou1d.:oeJeue_ made.made.,. Finally'B'1nallyB1nallyFinally-
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theanth-
emand-
theanth-
emand-
theanth-
emthe support platoon evacuated the wounded.woundedwounded.T-
HE.
wound-
edwounded.-
THE
wound-
edwounded.-
THE
wound-
ed.
THE.THETHE.FIRSTHEADFIRST. FIRSTb'IRSTbIRSTburst: ' NIGHT
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... arrival of darknessdarlmeasdarkles was a blessing in comparisoncomparison-to
comparis-onto the days activities because this gave the troops anan-
opportunityin-
opportunelyan-
opportunityin-
opportunelyan-
opportunityin-
opportunelyopportunity to get out of the prone position , where mostmost-
ofmo-
stmost-
ofmo-
stmost-
ofmo-
stof them had been, and get onto their feet without the fearfear-of
far-o
fear-of
far-o
fear-of
far-oof receiving enemy fire.fire. All men of I Company now had beenbeen-
exposedbe-
nnebeen-
exposedbe-
nnebeen-
exposedbe-
nneexposed to their initial fire.firefire.f-
cTStit&eSVUras
firef-
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headquart-ers
head quartersquarters-for
quarte-rsfor a report on ammunition needed , status of personnel andand-
furtherin-
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furtherin-
durateand-
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the sending out of night patrolspatrolapatrol to the objective.objective. WithoutWithou-twaiting
Wit-hout
Withou-twaiting
Wit-hout
Withou-twaiting
Wit-houtwaiting fortortore instructions the companyoompany commander formed aa-
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overoyerBoyer 50 men unaccountedunacooUDtedunaclunacy comtedcontend fortortore in1n the company.companycompanr.companrcompare. Upon hearinghearing-
thisheari-
nghearingt-
h1.
hearing-
th1
hearing-
thisheari-
ngthisth1.th1. reportreportt the messme.me. . aergeant.ers.antersantsergeantversant. . , who wae.a.awaswade. . atanding.tand1ngtand1ngstanding. by , atated.tatedtatedstatedactuatedtattedatated-
that
actua-
tedstated-
that
stat-ed
. .tated-
that
tatt-edthat aeveral.everaleveralseveral. ofot the men ofot the companyoampanrsampan hadbad been noticednoticed-
back
notic-ed
noticed-
back
notic-ed
noticed-
back
notic-edback in the kitchen area tomelomesomelone 8miles.miles8-miles8.- fromtromtromp the companycompaDrcomparecompan-
ypoeition.
com-pany
compaD-
rpo.1t1on.
compaD-
rpo1t1on
compan-
yposition.
com-panypoeition.poeitionpo.1t1on.po1t1on.po1t1onposition.position. . The company commander instructed the executiveexecutive-
officer
execu-tive
executive-
officer
execu-tive
. . . . '- " "
officeratticerbattier to return toto"thetotheto''thetoteto'to"' the'the'
kitchenkitchkitchen'kitschn' area and binc1'ingr'c1ingrI'1ng.b"I1ng.bI1ngb*'' #.' bfttftfbadZ'badZadZbadZ'&nbadZnbad" ,1'1.n1'11.n111n1,
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stragglers.traggleratragglerastraggler. that might be foundfound.*. Five men were found in thia-
area
chin-
aware
this-
areati-
arathisthiathaithis-
areati-
araarea and to keep from getting lost the executive officerofficer-
returnedoffi-
ceredofficer-
returnedoffi-
ceredofficer-
returnedoffi-
ceredreturned over the same.ameameDame. route asa.a. the attack that morningmorning.morning.-
At
morni-ng
*.
At the line ofot departure , which was the wadiwad , 45 menme-
nbelonging
me-
ntioning
men-
'beJ.on
men-
beJon
am-
enable
men-
belong
ena-
bling'beJ.onbeJonbelongenjoin'belonging. i"ngingri.ngringKing, " . to.tot.o.. . II.. ., CompanyC.omplnyComplnyCoinpanyComplyConan. werewe e found:f'f',d seeking8ee n
.
thehe.
onlyonly.only.1tonly1t._ bit1t ofof-
CDV&T
of-
CDVT
O-
CDofC-
.D.Y.e.r
of-
c.QverCDV&TCDVTC.D.Y.e.rCDYerc.QvercQverCDDYercaver. ., &. .: in .thethe. whole .a.r.ar., area.area. ..
., "They'hh' y _.p.p. hadbad.
. ,. .snaked! lcedlaced their.
wayY: unun-
noticed
un-unun-
noticed
¬-. _ . . . . . ', . '." : )' . 'rr' - . ' .
noticed byoy the platoon leaders , from the company positionposition-
during
positi-oned
position-
durlng
positi-oned
position-
during
positi-onedduringdurlng the day until they reachedx.eachedxeachedbeached. the safety of the wadi.wadiwadwadi.-
When
wadi.-
en
audie-
nce
wadi.-
Vdhen
wai-
ved
.
WhenVdhenVideen asked for the reason why they were back in this areaarea-
the
wrea-
the
area-
the
wrea-
the
area-
the
wrea-
thethe answer was "wewet'wetwe"' were lost and couldn'tcouldnt' locate the frontfront-
line"
fron-
tline
front-
line"
fron-
tlineline"line" . Ofor course it never dawned upon them that by goinggoing-
in
goin-
gin the directiondircction of the firingfiz'ingfizingfizzing' they would find the frontfrontl-
ine.
front-
line
frontl-
ine.
front-
line
frontl-
ine.
front-
lineline.line. This group of stragglers were turned over to thethe-
copany
th-
espian
the-
co
th-eo
the-
co
th-eoco-panycopanypankyco panyrpanypanky-' ! coriandercornaandercOM1 :anderLander about 2330 hours and after a very soundsound-
and
soun-
ded
sound-
and
soun-
ded
sound-
and
soun-
dedand understanding lecture they were returned to rejoinrejoin-
their
rejoi-nder
rejoin-
their
rejoi-nder
. . . ..--- . , .. . .- .., ..- . .. ... .- .. , .. . .. . -- .. .. .- . ...- ... . . . .. .. .. .. . .- .- . . . . . . .. ,, , . .. .. , . .- ... - .-. . .. .", ,,, .. . . . .. ...--- ... . .. ... .__ ._ .. "' . . - . ... . . . . . .-..- . ....- .. . . .. .... .. .--.- . .- ....- .. ---their platoons.platoonsplatoono.platoonoplatoonplatoons.-
During
plato-ons
platoono.-
During
plat-oon
platoons.-
During
plato-ons
.
During the time the executiveexeou.tiveexeoutive. officer was'RaaRaaRasa' on thisthi.thithinthis"-
rountf
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rountf
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which was someaomeanomie three hourshour.hour. , the firstt1rltfirsts-
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and so'o0 reported to the higherh1gher headquartersheadquarter.headquarter. aias. . killedk111ed inin-
action.
in-
action
in-
aotion.
in-
action
in-
action.
in-
action
i
action.actionaotion.aotionabortion. It took the restreltrelit ofot the night to getgot thisth1.th1. reportreport-
excelled.
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c
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patrol
th-
eatrethe-
patrol
th-
eatrethe-
patrol
th-
eatre
1j'1j1
j'jj'-i
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'
patrol leader was unable to give any information concerningconcernin-
gtho
concerning-
and
concern-ing
i
. . ... . . . , . .. . ., ., . . , . . . . , . . , .' ' ' ' -" -" ' ' "-. ' " obstacles-thatobstaclesthatobstaclesthat-may
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may have been located tot o our front.front. It isi.i. a known facttactfact-
that
fath-
ead
tact-
that
ta-ct
fact-
that
fath-
eadthat the enemy had patrols within 100 yards of I CompanyCompan-
yposition
Com-pany
Compan-
yposition
Com-pany
Compan-
yposition
Com-panyposition because Lieutenant PadfieldPlainfield was wearing a goldgold-
nugget
go-
ldengold-
nugget
go-
ldengold-
nugget
go-
ldennugget ring and this had been removed before hishi.hi. bodybody-
was
boy-
ars
body-
a
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body-
was
boy-
arsI
was\aa\! .carriedarrieBarrie out at 2300300 hours.hourshourihorihours.-
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At 2400 hourshourIhorI all company commanders were summonedlummonedsummonedU-P
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to battalion headquartersheadquartheadquarterrs to receive orders for the followf'ollow-f'ollowfollow-follow-
ing
f'ollow-
ing
follow-
ing
follow-
ing
' ¬-
ingKing day.day., Vhen'henThen'.'
>
' theth company commander returned he reportedreportreported-
that
report-
edreport-
that
rep-ortthat all commanderscon anders fromf ro m the division commander on downdown-
were
dow-
nerdown-
were
dow-
nerdown-
were
dow-
nerwere thoroughly disappointeddiDappointed in that the objective hadhad-
not
han-
dout
had-
not
han-
dout
had-
not
han-
doutnot been taken.taken. Orders fortortore the next day included breakbreak-break-
fast
break-
fast
break-
fast
¬-
fast at 0400 hours and a coordinated attack after thethe-
artilleryh-
eartilythe-
artilleryh-
eartilythe-
artilleryh-
eartilyartillery had worked the enemy positions over.over. As thethe-
troops
tre-
etops
the-
troops
tre-
etops
the-
troops
tre-
etopstroops came to secure their rationsr9tions theyth.ey. were informed ofof-
the
of-
ten
of-
the
of-
ten
of-
the
of-
tenthe action to take place the following morningmorning.*. At 04300430-
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s.Ireadine-
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the samelame asa.a. the day before.before. However , thisthi.thithin. timet1me the hillh111hillr-n
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awdandassdawedass ,even,'vv i".moreimoremoremore qUietquiet andand peaceful.peacefulp'aoerul.paoerulpowerfulpeaceful.-
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peac-eful
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the. :dug:Ir"*"
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positionsr ..IG1r1I.IG1r1I.IG1r1I:all
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w'IKwIKwick'
and. X11:"IdId";MN l, 1'
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the scheduled.oheohehescheduled.,. uledruled attack"LtLtAL" ,ask
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have a terrific casualtyoasualty effect upon the enemyenemy.*. EvenvenSven thethe-
few
th-
eethe-
few
th-
eethe-
few
th-
eefew who would not become casualties would have been soeoso-
stunned
co-
stumed
eo-
stunned
d-
estined
so-
stunned
co-
stumedstunned that onlyonlonly a& feeble and half heartedhe&.rtedherted& . resistanceresistance-
would
resista-nce
resistance-
would
resista-nce
resistance-
would
resista-ncewould be forthcoming.forthcoming. The forward progress ofo f 1rI CompanyCompany-
was
Compa-
ny" . .
was moving forward when all of a sudden a hailhail. . of artillery,,
mortar and anti-tankantitank- fire ; accompaniedaccompaniad by withering machinemachine-
gun
machi-
ne. . . . . . . '. . .. ' . u"u. . " . '" .
_! _.. .. . n. . .. .rr. .. . i, . ' .. . . . uw.rr.uwrrburr_ . .. ._. . . " . . _y.y.. .rr. . . . _. .. . r..wrw.. ...... . . . .. .MM. .. . M... V.. .+ r. . s. . n.r.nr" 4.4... ... . 11 " 11-
'tlM.rM.w
1-
tlMrMw
gun fire was received--notreceivednotreceireceipt ved--notvednotvend- - fromfl"omflomloom") the front as expectedexpected-
but
expect-
ed
expecexpect tedted-
but
tid-
bitbut from the left flank.flank. I Company was again pinned downdown-
in
downi-
ng
down-
in
downi-
ng
down-
in
downi-
ngin the openOJenJean! prairie , and the anti-tankantitankanti-tanl-tanlanti-tank.tank.tanantitanlfireantitank- -:. fire hadbad forced thethe-
tanKS
th-
etathe-
tanks
te-
aksthe-
tanks
te-
akstanKS to withdraw back of our position.positionposition.-
At
position-
al
.
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the
frot-
hed
from-
the
frot-
hed
rrom-
the
ro-tethe base of thetl.1etl1e. objective , with a row of cactus forfor-
OTtr
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got
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ycontinued
enem-
ycontinued
enem-
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splatoon
wea-pons
weapon-
splutoon
wea-pons
weapon-
splatoon
wea-ponsplatoonplutoon leauerleacierleaderleaguerleachier , Lieutenant i-raira.rr}. -'rHi..itrrHiitrhit', raLUral... itriti1 r , vababWwa* i tbobotabo-AaboAamboJO.JtJOJtJOt,-
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whfnwrjfwhf.nwhfnw"-icnw"wicnwhenicon"'- . n he calleacallecalledcalla over thatth8tthctthc he11e hadlead been hit.hit. The'l'helhehe' ' ExecutiveExec'.1tiveExec.1tiveExec1tiveExecutive-
1'ticer
Executive-
1ticer
Exec'.1tiv-
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Exec1tive-
Officer
Executive-
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1'ticer1ticerOfficer' crawledcrawle(, overO'JeOJeJed' !' to himhilrichili and sure enough found tlt }: at twotw-
obullets
to-
uslestw-
o'bullets
tw-
obullets
to-
uslestw-
obullets
to-
uslesbullets'bullets' hadl-adlad-: piercedpjerced.pjercedpierced.. dcnf-erouslydcnferouslydancerouslydcnervouslycancerouslydtlndateline [ - p.rouslyprouslyprofusely. close to his
.backback.back.Tlponblackthorn.
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riponTlponripenTalonripo-
nfurther
Tlpo-
nfurtl.erfurtherf'urtlerfurtlerfurtl.er',. investigationinvetit.ationinvetitationinvecti.aticninvectiaticninvestigating: .
. it vaswas; re ,'ealed.ealed.BaledBaledeagled. thatteattl'tl' at the tv.otvotwoto. bulletsbullets-
hbd
bullets-
had
bulle-tshbdhadbad pierced his musettemusketeer bag on his back containingconte.inlDErconteinlDErcontendercontainncontain. f? his V'c"cV-
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cans
th-
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the-
CHns
teac-
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the-
cans
th-
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couple-
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to
worki-ng
) rrkinkinrkin-
to
Kin-
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to
len-
toto 3-ich3ichsuc.hsuchLich-. an extent that he thoughtthouhtthou[-htht- he had been hit.hithit.-
irom
shi-
ftier
hit.-
irom
shi-
ftier
hit.i-
rotm
.
iromirotmironrot, I4UO14UU hours until Ib1515J0O hourshoul"'shoulsghouls"' it1 t seemedseemea the enemyenemy-
had
ene-my
--- . .. .. ...I I. . . . . . . .
had surroundedII-
hadJ-
ihad our positionpo-popo1'tlpo1tl-
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a TlhlTall'TT' hh-
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mortars , artillery and machin&machinmachinkmachine& gun fire upon the companycompanr.companrcompany.compare,.. ,. .
. '. . ... . ., . . . . .-. , . . . .. . . . , .-"' " . . . . . . '.,' .....*... . " . .,,-* _i ..rw.rw.,...*..<.iM*..>..w..
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.' " wer'ewerewwere"rr -llniounti'ngniounting'untInguntInglountingmountingbuntingbluntingii 1 v-ithvithv1thwithitch-,' the passing ofof'' each hour.hourhour.a-
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would be successfulluccelstul.luccelstulsuccessful.luckiest*. At Q6000600 hourshourihori the artillery beganbegan-
to
bega-
nto falltall on the forward slopesslope.slope. ofot the rookyrockyrook mountain.mountain. ThisThilThinlyThis-
was
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was
Th-
iswas to be the signal fortortore all units to startatartattar moving forwardforward.forward.-
Not
forwa-
rd*.
Not a soulloullou could be seen moving and furthermore enemy firefire-
was
freew-
ays
fire-
was
freew-
ays- ' .. . . . , .
"
was not being receivedreceived.rece1 ved.vedvend*. Everyonelveryone!; continued "tt"to manman"man"
the'1z'the1zthe'1z-
'tc
the1z-
tctheirtheir-
fthei-
rtheir-
0800hours
' '. .---t-ctc---ff- .-- - 3Ehol9fih l.selseelse. v.v. . . . . . . At OBOQOAOO.OAOOGOBOAMOCO0800-hours0800hours-. hours.hour.hour.
. ordersr.dersrders:. . , . . .jrerewerereared. . .. .,
receivedrece1. . . .
vedvend that thethe-
objective
th-
eoreticthe-
objective
th-
eoretic" - '
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .' '' ' " .. . . . . . . .
objective would be taken withoutwithou.t. delay and the commanderscommanders-
of
commande-
rsof I and K CompanyCo panypanky would coordinate the time of attackattack-
and
attack-
edattack-
and
attack-
edattack-
and
attack-
edand report back to the battalion headquartersheadquarters. ,. '.",.hishis'his.
' waswas-
done
Wa-
tson
was-
done
Wa-
tson
was-
done
Wa-
tsondone and time was decided upon as 0900 hours.hours. At thethe-
approach
he-
atproofthe-
approach
he-
atproofthe-
approach
he-
atproofapproach of the appointed time for this attack enemy divedive-
bovroers
disc-
overers
dive-
bol
di-ve
dive-
borirbcrsbovroersborirbcrsborrowersbribersbo-lbol- lbcr5! arrived-arrivedarrivedThaarrivedararrBarr iviedeti.etietui*. -.. . . -ThaTha.1be1bea'heaheThaiache-. ' . areQP6area*; , on thethe.he.he. left and to thothouth$ fronttrorrt.trorrttroutfront-offrontof:.- of ' -. . .
. . . . . . . . . - . , . . . .. . - . . . .
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rrthe' ' " ' " "' : '' .
the company position received scattered''hits'scatteredhitsscatteredscatterscatteredlscattered"I"I ' (f'f' ''.h1tsJ"'orh1tsJorhitt"s'hittshits' " ', ." ''""' ofOTOoftof " 50Ct'50Ct0 ' poundpound-
bon.ja.
O'ttnd'OttndAttend6 '=dd-
bonz.bbs.
' . . . . . . . .
bon.ja.bonjabonz.bbs.bonzbbsbonabombsbo : .. ) s.s. This upset the company commanders of both unitsunits-
so
unit-ss
unis-
on
uni-ts
un1 tsts-
Bothe
s-
abotsoBotheBoths o the attMattat t :icktckDicktack was postponed.postponedpostponed.-
At
postpon-
ed
pos tponedtoned .
At 0930 the battalion commander contactedco-litactedcolitactedintact- the conpanyc0l11panycompanyconpany-
co
c0l11pany-
co'
c0l11pan-
yco
company-
co
compa-
nycoco'co-cosanderscolanders'- '-anders-sanderssanders: by the 536 radio and requestedquestedre a report of progressprogreprogress-
of
progres-
so
sasa-
of
s-
aoof the attack.attack. Thehel he company commander reported that hishis-
unit
dis-
unite
his-
unit
dis-
unite
his-
unit
dis-
uniteunit . oincoin forwarr3fo-wardfowardforward- ' butt ut "" stiff resistanceresistance-
when
resista-nce
iiF.lSiiFlSiisifsis: k : s toinjcointoxin; = : slowlylOv'ilylOvilylovviylovelylevity13s eeting1eet1ngmeeting
when in realityrehlity hardly anyonean roncroc had ventured to look upu.p. frou.raniranifroranfr.frou-
his
roug-
hish
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ihis
ram-
ifies
01'.101.101101'.-
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hol-
e
. .
Ak radior 4dio rcssageLessaerestageLesseeL1: 33age, wasvIasvials received that friendly tanks wouldwoul-
darrive
outla-
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_.....ry./M.a/Y.ry.M.aY. _./ ._/ .... . . . , . . .._..._,.. .. ,..
arrive in our position andan for the troops to!-..oo. get up andand-
eveforward
and-
aove
And-
over:aoveaboveeve-forwardeveforwardcv'cv'=' "forwardforward.forward-". andan assaultass au 1 t the position.positionpos ! t1on.t1on. At 1130 hours thethe-
tanks
te-
aksththe-
tan
th-eta
. . ." ' " , .f.f. .. . .
_... . .. , . .. . . "
tankstan, {s arrivedarrive1arrive-tarrivet- andlndland sin91J1sincee verveerver'verveer' ' littlel1.ttlel1ttle. enenyenemy firefix'efixefixed' hadhadeenhadean' een-eenen,- een-
received
ex-
ercised
eena-
:6CG1.
een-
a6CG1
een-
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theth platoonspla.toons. to iove'lovelovemoveJove:; ' forward.forwardforwarr1.forwarr1,
. The'l'helhehe' ' friendly artilleryart1lleryartillery-pcu
artille-ry .
' ' . '. . ... . ,. ... . ..pcucpupvan-4tolaopvan4tolaovan" "JJtJJt" -:: tl-oitloi, 'DD-' thjthonththout=. forwardgar:t't' .t'war.twarwari1war' .; 81eelopefi opecopep of the objectiveobjective.Ob'jObjOb Ct1V ,. ihe'lbelbeTheheElbe
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would
W-
ould
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that it was impossible to"toto.to"advancetoadvanceto.advanceTorranceto".
advance against the-murderousthemurderousthemurderouse-
nemy
the-murderousmurderous-
enemy
murder-ous
murderous-
enemy
murder-ousenemy machine gunn fire and asked to be placed under arrest ,
rather than to face the enemy firetire any longer.longer., His requestrequest-
was
requ-estwas granted.grantedgranted.-
In
grante-
d.
In taking over the battalion the actingaotingaborting commandercomcomrcomer anderianderLander hadhad-
the
ha-
tehad-
the
ha-
tehad-
the
ha-
tethe company commanders submit a strength report within anan-
hour
an-
chor
an-
hour
an-
chor.. , . . . . " . . . . .. . . . . . . - ' ' ' ' " ' .,. "" . , y-yy-
hoh-o - . . . . ...-_ . . . - , . . . ... , . . . . , . ,, ' . .-. .. .
_ . - . --- .... . . ,
hourhohorH'IhorHIhorI-rH'IrH'IrHIHIiniU'iUorderrder'rderorder thattiitipi 't"hethehe couldcould'could determinedeterninedetermine: the effective numbernumber-
of
numb-erof men available for the next attackattgck which was scheduledscheduled-
for
schedul-
edfor 1700 hours.hours. I Company had an effective strength of
80 men.men. Upon learning of this the battalion commandercommande-
rdecided
comman-
deered
commande-
rdecided
comman-
deered
commande-
rdecided
comman-
deereddecided to bring the reserve company forward and havehave-
them
har-
vest
have-
them
har-
vest
have-
them
har-
vestthem take up the attack instead of I Company.Company. ThisThi-
sj
Thisy-
w
Thi-
s,.- . . .. , ' yw.. .,.-. jJftJ.,1t"JftJ.1tJftJ1t.,, hrhlhrh:? J/JJXA'JXAJAN+ .rr/., XA'XA"
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effected because of intensity of the enemy fire.fire. At thisthist-
ime
thir-
stier
thist-
ime
thir-
stier
thist-
ime
thir-
stiertime friendly tanks again moved into the company positionposition-
and
position-
edand went forward to what appeared to be the base of thethe-
objective.
the-
objeotive.
the-
objective.objective.objectiveobjeotive.objeotive. Only spasmodic machine gun fire was receivedreceived-
and
receiv-edand before any plans could beb e raademadegrade for the next altackattackstackalackaltack-
orders
albac-
oresattack-
orders
atta-cked
a stack-
orders
stock-
holdersorders were receivedreoeived to hold our position and prepareprepare-
for
prepa-
refor a night attack.attack. Such orders had not been received butbut-
a
bu-
ta few minutes when on the left flank could be heard aa-
terrific
t-
errifica-
terrific
t-
errifica-
terrific
t-
errificterrific fire fight taking place.place. It was soonsoanSloan determineddetendetentdeterminedwf-M
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before.before. AaAIAm soonloon as darkness arrived the company commandercommande-
rleft
commande-
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rleft
commande-
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of
grou-psof two or three and spread the width of the battalionbattalion-
sectorbattal-
ionsbattalion-
sectorbattal-
ionsbattalion-
sectorbattal-
ionssector to prevent enemy patrols from Infiltrating.Infiltrating. InIn-
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and with the assistance of service company personnel , I CompanyCompan-
yevacuated
Com-pany
Compan-
yevacuated
Com-pany
Compan-
yevacuated
Com-panyevacuated the casualties.casualtiescasualties.-
At
casualti-es
.
At 2330 hours I Company , ragged and exhausted from twotwo-
days
to-
day
two-
days
to-
day
two-
days
to-
daydays of intense enemy machine gun , artillery , mortar andan-
dantitank
an-
dantino
an-
dantitank
an-
dantino
and-
anti
and-
anteanti-tankantitankantitankanti -tanktank- fire , was back to the starting point with some
80 men out of an original 162 men two days before.before. At"' ' "
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2400 hours the men of I Company were clustered around inin-
snail
ins-
ensible
in-
small
in-
stall
in-
small
in-
stallsnailsmall groupsrrollpscroupsrollscoups:; in the wadiwadwa i eatinreatinrreating theirtheil'theilEthel' cold "cclief'let'let"' ! !:', rationration-
of
ratio-nof meat and beans but thankful that they were awaya AY fromfrom-
the
frot-
hed
from-
the
frot-
hed
from-
the
frot-
hedthe fire of the enemyenemy.enemy-
.Eventho
enemy-
.Eventho
,.
EventhoSeventh I Company failed to captureoapture PondoukF'ondoukFondoukPondFonda' Gap ,
along with all the other units , they did succeed inin-
ilnding
in-
clining
in-
finding
in-
fringing
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while the 34th Division would draw the enemysenemy'senemy!' attentionattention-
by
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made
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was-
made
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the American troops were left unnecessarily to the mercymercy-
to
mer-
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th-
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th-
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maneuver.flan-
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maneuver.flan-
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maneuver.flan-
kingmaneuver.maneuver. This is a good example of a well prepared planplan-
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poorlyPl-
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anopoorly executed.executed.
2.22 . THE USkUSEDusk OFO F ARIviORARlviOHRivieraSalvia WITHWI TH INFANTRYINFANTR-
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Infantr-yIt has , ,; eenen said the "ignoranceignorance" is no excuse"excuse" for thethe-
failureh-
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failureh-
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an-
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un-
excused
an-
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of the vast amount of firetire power , shock action and mutualmutual-
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Barrag-
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be
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bebe termed the end result fortortore not successfullyluocessfully accomplishingaccompli.hingaccomplihingaccomplishing-
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thatimperat-
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closefolli-
clesfollow-
closefolli-
clesfollow-
closefolli-
clesclose upon the shadow of an artillery tarrage.tarrage'arragearragebarrage:,
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this-
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this-
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Pit
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give-
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be
should-
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should-
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daylight
si-
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in-
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si-
delight
in-
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si-
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not
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will-
not
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not
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nover"the"terrain"and
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tw-
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who-
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tw-
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hem-
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greater
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this-
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4.44 ., llightlightNight} patrols are essential to the securitysecuritya-
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