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to t ho G.I. 1 so EJ.jor Gc;~."r J. l Mu.uricc C. Ro s d c .;;1.r~us out of th"' fir::.t .rrorl j wa r a s a <: econd liv utan<.~.ntr .:u1d t hJ first tL~·~ yo u s ,w h i ·1 i-- t!1i s wu.r he wa s i n a j eop a bo ut si xty f ee t bohilor:; tt~..:; f i rs t t anl.-:: s .:c. tll•~Y c r cssocl t ho B:; l ginn lino " You ::ion 1 t s::;c many ~r;r.cr :J. l s up thc:re.

Tha t first ni ·~ht i n B<.;l l ::; iu::n ·n ts the ni~·ht t h.o Ti :;~r t,,!:'cs w·:;r o cr a shin ;:r; throu :;h the c orDJIL<.•.n.l post tryiL-: out t h::; w-J.y , w.cl yo u <.:on 't find co:mmo.nd po sts up tha t fa:·. Yo;;t cl on ' t fi :1_: r;u.ry h .... \ 'g_;J ·.r t cr s cc;:tpan i os t~1:ing a coup l <:: of hum.r u.: pr i sonc-r s :J. c:':l.J c ~ t'hcr ..

"In t h is d iv i si or:" sc.1. i i Privo:t t c ~-ll:lt;~lo Y'.ocox c• cf 17 St. J o s o.Jh 1 ::;

Str eet, New Rochelle~ r· . Y.r t h,:t t d·\y when ho W3.S ;·i 7i::·: yo'.l one of tl:os,, I;oH Roc ho ll..J ha ircuts, 11 >vj ! V"-l ,::_-:J t t he bv st offi c:;urs in -t:h:.J who l o •. : .. l'i.c:,tn lrrnw. Ma ? I' m just a priv~tc , but I know."

Then th er e w:::. s t h.c t .:..f t er noon of So pt ~nbcr 19 011 t 11:t t h illsiclo , jus t on t ho wes t er n o ut skirts of St o lbor c;. 1;. -t; t h':3 t op -8f t lL; h ill, .::.bo ut 100 y ar d s away, the t ank t hct t hac] boor' f ir s t i re our line; wa s b•.rr ~J. irg , m1d bits of fl y i n; s l'lr upne l wt>r u cl untdr"-~ o~f of guys' ho lr-:.,:; t s • .tll:d yo u v..re>. t ctGd the g<:mer iJ. l to s oo if h0 wo ulc:r< 't dclc1c just oncQ. ~1o d i.' n ' t ; w:d tho j ur. ior effie ar s cl i dr;_ ' t duc k e i th".r.

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y o u f o und y o u cc ul r"n ' t publish thco YL~ .. JS .c..y>:~.<y . Th . .Jr c.J w-- r ·~ or. ly two ; on c, wu s k ill ed ::md th . o ~:Lr WJ.s 7vO•.Ul· ._;cl .

Then t hor e is th·-:.t s·.,;.lf- p r op o ll ed , :.t u tc·:·L,tic ''[(hpoL , ur~ti- u. ircr J.ft

c onp i:lny of C3.pt. Bi ll Pr crNG tt o f Corpus Chri s ti, '2.'0x~, ,,,!·yich i s r cJ.lly ~:n <.l.~1 ti- .u1y thin·~ outfit . To t he ir cr y: it they h ... vo t h:c.;., tcc::ks , :.:l. clo zon hJ. lf'tr .. ,cks thir · ti:

The c ivisicns fi:·st .~cL: . ::, ?'crc •.::s soutl: of ge.lll.·t; ~) b·:>foro the ; r .:o tt br ;.ktilro ut'-1 th :>re. TlE ;::.::;th Jiv i s ion push-:.od h l. lfw<~Y \}OWl~ e~,u ro "'l to ~iu . .r i g.y, .w. .l th •Jl1 t h:.:; Fin>t .•11d '1;1-:ir cl shot throu;h str .J. i ght to l'.lu.r i q.y . Th.ors thG t .,.L!': swun scut:tod.st ·to Ccut .-tJc,::s to cor;1p let0 til·3ir pctrt iL tha t op •)r ,:; tio'1.

Tho First in or:c of "l.r' . .;ric:t 1 s r;ost f,r,:ous d ivisio:·:s ., L~ ·or l d -1Tc.r I, it w::.;,s thJ first .:1.: •.ur ic <:l d i. visor to l ·u- d. in Fr me •.3 . Il~ this war ! it '•v<u: hu.::d-pic,(uci_ forth<) to •.l cD :AGs ipJ·~c!:l-t o;_· th·,.:; in'\'T·J.sio~·.: o~' ~-~'Jrt:J. .u.fricJ. ~nd c ~'P tu.r r. of Or~n .

c 1 c .;.r.J. in:: .1 t Gel c.. 011 July lOt!·1

u;; ~~o:·:·t>:_ .J:l.f~ic t,

~ l -~~t-t 1 J 1t.O r;J

bo or. shippud to thG fl.!. IJ'\ t1.vo c::l:\rR b.--)for, __ ; First overc:c.r) the: cppoci ~io'J. c"_: ;JUs~-:.;::;

for ,.il.l

First ""ny :~ir st Lf ntry e .. nd Third 1rr:·lorc,l for :vi:.Li~l,; t:,:; ':·,-ttl" fer "=:~- ~i.".:rrL,;:~ L'-:: ~ "·Y b:.~c'.: •1 t Mons~ Th0re, with.:_n .fc-ur ci~t:;s . tr• .. :, l;'irst teo;: 17,.:, ·;-.J ·.-;:· :i.e-:·: .. :~c· , , __ ,,.-y· of whoa ho.c.l bvor; d(';stinecl to EL~r .. t~1e ~..\.~f:.~!~:s ... s oi."" ti1:; G~r--. --~ .ll o

The First i1:1 e o~:T~ --~J.d ~>i b~y · jo r 8-E.-n...;r J.l Cl , :.., --~~-c:.;... of th .; Thir J .d.ru:cr oC cc ~-.. L1 _ .... .i~..;r ~L~ 2 ~.1o t bu-J:l r0l~ <-~s . .:;:....,.,

Tbf~ Thi~c-~ .tirlr~o r~~ .. Ji,.,7"is~c..:~ ~1:.~s t, .... !.cur: I.10r t~ t :1-.. :~ ... 20,000 pri3o~· .. ers s i rlCG D-Juy.

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TniRJ .~JI iC13.J JIVI SIG! C.aD3 YiAY

Sun Ro;:wrtc.r Rc'! _ .~ ls It w lS This Dr: i t Tlu.t Brou;~~t Eli tz :-Ior:.o

By ,.. C ·:r_,l·n ·::: t 'J.,...ci' 0vnrr .·1 '~ ' • J. u~ , Z, J .. "' -

7{i tl1 t h i3 First ~:..r 'TV in G.:.:r·~-~ ~r· y, C ct. -=1--- I 4: nc ,;~· ~·:li..:.,y 1J,3 r o"'vT>::; c lo·i th ·.i. t the unit th.). t spc ~.rh-.; t::.d.:;c: t;·vJ -~~~~l-- ~ic ~~~~ .iri~ru fr':'r; ~'t:t...: b<~ ~ .. s c.~ th; ;:.J.lL ~; to

This outfit is r·~,.;c; u;· r.·"'

vvh,..:;;l: tho~r -r:;e r ·.:;ri 't eutt·~~ ~ J' "':.1' t -..... ·;·ho:·s .. ,.. ,~. Hu ··.ir. o.nJ asJc in ,; 1!v:1y· o:.r~~r7-t:'"' ~, v~s · ,_, __ =~t::..~._ ~ ·'"·: ~1:· -...t::::·d _::_;_(_.·~ ,1t thu Third .ril"-:or cd J.:.--._ is~c ~. . ~-;~-:; 'Y:.~s .ii.~.l. i-~·~.J.-t- ·i· · .. ·.; to th0::s ,·u~rs

th;.1. t C()l!.SOrship " llows ~-:u tc e;::-itc <lC::> ·" di7isions.

but t.o t :.::bout

n·Vll)r, vve 're th..:: .~l::{s ,._t.o -:.:t-c: ~-oi.r.;sor ... s ~..md C"l ;_·;:_. ___ )~ Tl"!.i-:;rrJr, 11 t~~ .. ss0 G., Io gvys 'Nouli si1out, ~~r:G. sc ·:, ·~ c,f ·',i.~L ;;l .l l-.l b·;, qui t v l.'!_:,_cc. .

11 But in t l10 Sbu· s anJ .Stripes, -.;v0 r~:;w.·:~ t1·t i t .. ·;v.s :;~.I-~ T~1ird ..:~t;.~r • . _.._;~_:.~"-t 's t l!L. _,·t: .. tt,:jr :lith you vvr it i n ; '";uy s , '--~wvn.y? '1

Ycu couldt:' t l.~~no:v h\J~v ;::·'t_;,::y· .. _;uys s l:..cut.,G. thi:::.;s liicc t:1._j.t {111 t i1.c ~-Nr:J.y

c. ere s s £:0 l { i u·c~ ., Th-J:r sJ~~o U"t·-:Jd it -:. t ;ro u .vv hi l G th -~~-:" W·.~r J \.· i (_, ~: ~l~~ G~ il"l as you -o;,T0~t b~/, J.nC. ~TCU !" -.:-·····~..~~:<b.-.'~ O.'D.C t:.~t.1: srJrg:; ~i.i.t 'N110 h~;,d tc S~10i.lt V\.;!"~T loud b,;

·iw· t:lort .,r s' e lls '!<..Tu nlonpin:; .. ,11 urou:r:Jo

\"then the historians :£::L1aH:r .'';e·'~ ~c:..·uu:1cl to v11·iti:::g: -Lhe histo:c7 books , they may ove;:1tually do ju:r~j_oe to t:1e T}1i:t:d .PJ".no:.·ed Division. They :'1ay get arouncl -to tellint; hovr in te:1 da:'s :Vc L.0e:r·8:bef. ~'or.;.s , Charleroi, 1·Tamur, verviers and Liege in ~;e h~:l.ur.n aDd was tha i':i.:"st divi:" io:: to capture a Ger1.1an t o1r.r!1. But that is ur:..iJ_ ~.port ar~:t. 1101-:r. -·;'la·:.~ ~3 ir.,_port art i .. s tl1at vv11en you s-:;e ti.J.e Third An!10red Di~r:i.s ior:. ar;ai:l. you hopQ ·1.:;;:->.ose Go I.'S vr:i.ll stop shouting at you--es:peciall~r whe;.1 mortar shells and hea·'.ry stu:r:: seems to be comi11,: in faster t 1a11 it 1s go~.ng ou·c a

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U.s.. J..:rr<ry 7-~. Qo Yo~1d::w . --The A;.:!GriGe.n 'l'hircl _1\rm~r e -:1 Di v.; s :\.on 'J.';._.,; :ho spearhead of tl1e U:;.1i·C8c: ~States dr-ivf.; -t1~r·our:-:. ~·-~elsiul.·~ , i:'._Y :l:c::: ·,r:::}/ fro:\1 the Seine to t~.1e Ger::!_la.i~ jorder in t-rJBlTty-so·-;_~d:_-;. .:i.a\rs , i<~ ::l.C :,~o-·:1; d"1 .. S'Jlcs8do

Leadinz tJ.1e Di~J"is~ .. o::1 ali!--~ ridi:1f~ al1-re .. :\rs ··\~t -._,~,:; -~~: 0: ... ··-: o·? ~1:!.s -::;roop8 1re.s

the COT!1111al1.d i11g General, a tou.th , darin~~ sold.-i.e~:, l,"iL-'.:l2' c.::' -;:;he :.:Elvol' s-:~a.r

three t intes, 1\rho!r os e J':'r"0 1J.l -i; }.10 a :·:1 i~·; ·ted 1"' an~:es, e~:r·.c: 1~·-t;,:'lC f\~~JJ a 1 iou<~Gl'12.t··:t i11 t:r.~.e

last war at the e.go of sov8J::tboe'."'- •

The Dbris ion, or inally o:.:t.q of -~;,,: uni~s, ·cLa·::; lead. ti!o '.lreclcch.ro'1()1 v-rest of st. Lo. and l atl;r h.elrcd to encircl8 e.:r.:.d. d(?strc~r a 1 8.rce S8ctio:l~ of the' Germa11. Se,Jej:lth _.L;r~·:·g--.,·x:.:~:;.e.n its C'~ i-·~e o:: 'L;l'J.e r;_j_ -·~>.t; of !1.u~~us·~-; 25th. , -.:if~1e11

it receiv-ed orders to ~':lridge tho 3eine and hee.6 fo·· )':e;lciur:-, ..

S"criki:n;: into ;:;;o.sterrc •:;~:,;mce in '1Eultiple colu:::D.1° formations a:ncl in tho fe.ce of tan.k, te.nk de~JtTO:JGl', and armored oppos it i or:. , the Divis 5.on eros sod the I'~arne, captured lieau::, and drove t}l...::ou;;h S:oissons . Th.e Division hoaded straight for Sedan, ~'Jut on Aut>1St ;slst sucldr:mly, w~1ee lee:. north, cut across t'ce t)ordor irJ:.o Jel['i'l.U,l .'ic:1 se-vore.l coL~l'l!l.$ and. captured Eorts.

'J'hc rr..ancuver •,c<Jt?;'Y'"_. -.•.. ,_,q_"_.-l ·'u.-"~ ..... CJO~ .. ',< ....... P+i ... PII':l.~~ ·1rtrr i-rr1··o r::.,,r·:--"·~n·r ·:.1 .. 1C' l·~,r::·}; . -~ .L !.I~ J.. .~ ..1- v c;.!..J ---· [J --·~ ..1 I... .... .~ ~,, (,.l, --~, , ~,<.J • '" \.4.-,.....

lJefore davm on S.e;:to;·.1ber 3rd Glcr.·.o:rcs of se70l"' al C..G!'l%11 d.".vis :i.o:as t:dv: co broak th.rou.~)r ·tl1e a.r1nored. lirt-..- , .. , De.~"~ a.n.d j~"5-r;h.t -Gh.o '!=rac:tlB TR ·c ~ -.... :~-:;~1. ~: ,i-:'"T:..c:::;

troops, enz;incers,. c ooJ.:·::; mn :J;te1·-; ;cl ic3, ;Jt aff offic-Br:; t sddc-' :,·);. ., TIKJ l0e tl1t3.t F),.t OJ:le ti~~y~ "'~;J~""..S bz:··-~ t:::. -·.:'.\:> i;·. ·:;,··g) f:ll--= ea of t~lJ 2) .:,. "'.i ~.S i· '·! . ' ~ .. :··::~·"'' ·r'~:l ~- s

-::-;·i tll.out pau.s e t~·to ~)i ... tis io11 pus b.e cl o:~--.f .. !~·I" ~-..... a:pt.J.r , 1 ~~.;,.:.I' rrC in;( t o-:.111 c.ft::;r tovm as it -r..-rc11t . Desl--:~~:.-; ~~li~C(J'i.~t::J.:l:n su;?>l\r 0 ::~6.i-~-~i(·~:.! , ·r.::-:e c:cr1.clr. })i-visio11 engineers bridGecl tho Lut',(';'J , and t:w Divil: _r;._, •.:;;.;,; c.,.: · r''··' ;."'ann· , n.:nd headed for Liogo. Gas a_Yj_d ot:<.:~· ::n;._ ~-1~.:cs la.;::r.od u,J.::.E,.· ·c:,,_, coh:."-:r.,s , iJut L:i.ego vras surrounded and fell in qnic~:.:: ordel·.

Rootgc11, first Gcr:~.cq~~··:t ttc·ii7!:tst'l-i;~·~ to villat;o o.t: Eu;)er>, J:alf :):or:n;;m o.r.c~ b1"1 .. f began fooling ou·;~ t!w S i::,. gfJ.'ied Li::.o. the fanous ·-est ··to.ll .--J.:CUTER.

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fall, ~~re.s c -:~~·,-c U.l"" c d ''"lolgiaJl , foll J.lO:i~~~

V.CI. Sopto· ~3r 12 c:.1,

-t.~1'2:t d.H.y·. ~rJ1o as t:J.:"J Di\,...5.sio:1 t:1.c: column -bl~oachod

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1Tbli !.~ 0}1 IC T I}\~ES , August 25 , 1941 ..

U. S • TA:'T K DIVIS IG· ' T::Ol'I O::IE:O }:,3 IlD1W IC

Third ·-;ins 11Spearhee.di1 ~'itle :!:'or Lone , Stub:1orn Fi[;ht in TJ3n:ttlo of Pocket 1

By Harold. Donny

'Cfi'I'H 'C!B PJIERICNT ro:~l.CES I6 F'RliFCE_, August 2'-i: - - Em1o1· is duo to ma;\i'' iD-"Prican Figb.tj_ng u·nits for th: ... ; j.T' ~:c-11.;.o-v-cJEk)J.1ts il'J. tl1o roce:;J.t v::~e,01:s of spe-ctucular successes . A spacial ono f0ll today to tho ;?hi~cd .l\.rtelorod. Div:i.c;~ion in tb.c a nounccrmor.ct that i·i; h~d bc0.!1 '::18.L'Bd t:rc ; 1 f.f~""h;.;nd ZJc!.'vis-iuJ:l:1 in :recor,n:i.t i'O'II of its brilliaiTC u:_:d aJ.r:;_ost iD.ce~sa:nt fi:_~J!.tin.g fror1 latu ~:JUl10 t 1 2TOUE~h l1.U[;U[~-t 12, v.rhOj_1 j~ll conju11ctiol"l "';:rith . ..;~<1c Er:Ltis }i i·G closed t!-10 .~c~.~~ or1 tJ.1u tra;;):tJ.:Jd ror:itla:Gts of tho Gorman Sovv1th j>;r··,!J · It is pcm _,:,'Jr:,~5.Dss 1 J:t.o to :;;amo th5.s divic-iior:>. as havin::; taken a co~J.spicFous -~)a:rt :Ln t:1o i1bp.ttlo of d:o ~Joc];:o': 11 •

It was at ll o 1 cloc:: on the '·ri:o;ht nOl~. , i'r:a: of' A'-),·';"1f.'t :LG t.l:.at 3Kt Doc·l::,ld J \ - ~ ~

. E h.-tlah.l of 3po:;.'1ccr , Iovra , CO:i1T!::o~!.clir.q; t>o lcaC. ·t::t~.~.-:~ ~.ri e.J· cvJ.~.~';J_'}_CiY".£; colu}:I·1 of tho ~rltird .ArUtorod Di\T·ision. , mot a }3(:Lt:}.t:~.'l l"GCCI1i2ai·~~f.ir:.co _nol"·: o c~d_":J'!?.1'"~einp; toTvard the Ar~10ricm1s 011 t}:lo· toad bGtvrJeD. l.il:o~~~1G(:_tol o.~Jd F,r'-"n,r:_:::·cs . l~o G}\o·~)~:: l1elJ.dS

moment that was both h~stor ic fll"J.d dr w·1at ic . J, ·~~. l ' ~~-'" ·::. , ~~~(_,:·c ro;·ca i.r1o d for tho .Amo:r~cans ancl ~ch0 Br it:i.'sl~ only tho chorping <1 .. , ~>.nd rou:,diuc: up oi' ~.:ho trapped Germans and tho pursuit of thoso who ho.d uscf'-~··od .

I Gcrm2.l1S triod dos~!·JDI'O.toly ·co ".,..oal: out , U:Clcl oi·ctGr f'i,.,.h~Ci'~:::' y~ -··.•(] flrou--d r • .... l..,)ol. • t::r ·~ ... ..-l..J o. "' - t. ~ ...~.. ....

-.--• ...:....--_all•3'£...anc.l 1-:aigl1boring F"t"<?~n:mtel for noarl;·,.four days . I'hc. G::;r:;K'.ns br9u.ght U:Q 'CO!lCon"Cr£".tioy of tn.r2.;::s , to;Gt[l.J.e "(·ritl1 ar~l:>illc)ry an.d tu·Iti. - tarik guns,

~-,'u''t on .. (\ 0'1.;; ~-- .!l .... t"! Q"l ~ ..... _..,d ::+. + l·l~'"O 0 +-:'"I{'> T )i .~\.1-.\:'fn ....,..1"1~·~1,.:,_, (" • ...... n.,.... (l~ 'Y'ln~,.,u-' s _; V - I.. J..O.v""' ~ ..:,1J..L. ~.,., V _;LV~~ V .1, L'-' -1y..l V '• O,..l..'. ,_. •.) _:;J0<..1- >.JLJ. ~·:} c;;u..L

its dilninishocl forco to bonb ot:~r ar:-,lOrod coJ.u::u1.s by ·ijho light of flares at Tho ns~J08l"'hon.d Di-v-i.sio:n tsi1 u:nits Ytero !.H1rOd doV.'!-1 irl th.is fic;hting so that

·· tyro"' 3hcrl'lU11 tanJ~s 1lct.d to ,so 1J.p cga:i..rtu"t s.s J.H8:]:2~:: as tOil of ti16, 011c::crv- . ·yot - ' u

-rJGnt agaiDst them and o·'.'DJ::r't:ur-:d.ly ';ocd: tho}n.

The D\•.ris ioJ1. ~1.ad t11\J fi11vst cooi?or;:ticJ.:. .fl.,o~-:. its e.cco~"l'_>'J.Y:~:-ii1g u~~~j3~-s , ::.!.:. ..:.unl11f"'

infantr;;r e .. ncl o:~;-...;ll j_l! tigl1t 1::J..accs ou:::'* £).L'~~:,--~urs -c~~1G ·-r :~~--;rs dasJ1od " ... 1..1. --~·-·: ···· lr-<:.B·G out cur1ningly p1o.cod (:Crrv:-.tr-. T:;;.'lJ.·:s c.J:•.d i~~1.1.:.l.<. ..11C

WQS nu o.tly C6ord:inc,.t(.; d lTi Ch QUr ·(;:;n_k i:07J ,_;::·t:;-; o

-i-11ll"""'d"'d +'"' .;.,.. -,·~cr -l-'-,.,-.on"'-1Jh;•1\ -.. ,~..,. ro~ -..;- 'c" ~. Vl. -"'S~Jt V 4_J._J..V....1....1. ..l~, ~.&.~ ~-!. "'-~Y -"'·(..;...~.;' _.!~-..":) .J.- ·-

./~-;..~~~; : .... :~c r~.r ~~ Ott:v -:.~ c~:l:c~CS

" ,;J.:. .. _\._, j,J. ·:Jl~~l.ll:ct;:; d tho OTl0il)! ·..ri·Ch sl1ollo Q!Jly o.. lli .. {l~{t.-rt:.;d .,. .. rJ:;l

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:: c:i."' .-::u nJ·.oo..d . '•

A,r!.d it ·was fnnr~icc.l young J. 0 o.z:is ;)~o li!:J.lli:.o·:l posit ions . On co i'or i~l~··t o.nno, ou:· t r.' i:rct me,:mc d by thirty

r]0r:-:'Jt7.11S fo1.1sh.-t.-; our tanlcs ~JositioJ.1 "V.ras o'b·.r~ousl:r

fi-vo Gr.;rr.vu~ stripli11gs arrtvd o-.,a,

, ri·t;l,~ -'c h.u s 0, rc fu s ing hope luss · ~ .. ·ch.:;y had t

,.-foro s iclconod b~r ·:~he s lE'~ugr. .. tur

, -ta:··.k dostrc.1yors so:r,.:;tir.oG ctro:cr t>.i~ro.ns to docidc uhicl1 c:l-;to.ck do7rn c, ~l:>rticulorly pu:rilous roGd . 'jc.ttL.s bo

s or:10t ieos y;ol~,~, fot-.;;ht o.t ru.:J.t;<Js of 75 to 100 yards Yfl"'Y8 1·r.u d vo y o.r ds •

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Elem.o:1ts of thu Third Armored DiYisio:J. tool;: :r"X'o;rvntol t-,·rice on Auc;uwt~ 17, ~)U.t

tho Gormo.ns romainocl in i·c o..~1d thvy had to vrithdro:r. .Ch2.t ni'~lri; '.-Illilo our o.ircrn.ft ho;n.i,od out th.0 onomy, :(;hoy took J~his vrllolo battle to c l ose tho pooko-t; . This Divis ion onc~ap;od ol0:nvnts of oi,c:;htoon onomy divis:i.ons .

Tho 11Speo.rhoad Divisi0l':.11 con·cains yom1r:; mon fro·ra all s<~c.;tos b1ri:; nos·c; of its person..ncl is frorrJ. tho 1'.~idcllo ""-:'"ost . It \-rus activat·:;d c.t C~:-·:p Bco.ure-gard , La. It arrived Ol1 tho lTor :r.1and~r boac~1 late in ,JunG and vn:·._s first in action throe days lntor at Villors - rosso.rd.., __ .ol1·~--o~:.Gt of' St . Lo .

It took an acti70 part in tho brua1 ·-through west; of : t . Lo late lest month c.nd was in some of tho most dc;spvrrx~o fig;hth1g of its cecruur :Ln tho -,jj_cinity of Nor tain . Tl1o Division had toJvn a loading p2.rt in tho ad·crenco ··rcst-·mrd to tho Soo River and then it vrishdro_-._; to o. bivouac aroo. to r·cst a:.~d rof:Lt . It hacl. ne it}-.Q.,.. r·-·S t Or ;~o fl" t ·Por i Yl t 1,1· · "· :-,.,.). 1 T h 01'.,.. r C f' i:l.'·lr"l' c·+ " ~'' rJ"" ,. ·c.r " OlJ' 1'-. 'T-

- -.l .1- ....., ... -- ---- v '-' ~~l,..L ,__; --· ...,J. u - ,J.. \..- '._() ..... ' , -~- ~ \.. -- -- ·u _, -- v-,1

a.tt;->_ck at Fortain throcto:lcd to Clct through to A',rc1 ::;::.•,,,.,. •r}iO :'h:irc". ]).i.•'.orod 1rrus r tlsb.od i1rGo a.c-Gio11 c.c;a.i:o. Ol1 o:1u a11d n.l'la1f l1o~-~:·s J. ... (/::;:Lcc- .

Tho Division ho.s trutc::1 r:;oro than SOOO ~\ri0c;nors l'.'''l k:'.l.l.;G. ,-,cut hr>.r• t:12 .. t numbGr of the Gl1CliDJ • It hs.s dest1-aoyod L.u: c:r0d ol) u:·~cL~y· ... -.T;~-l~.o1o.s . -·-.:~ is conilnndod rJ.OTT by an aleTt , modest , yo··-'.l.'[j-i.:-<·! ·v:•,T:-1· fro r•olol'c-/.o , ·ho '''\U~~·.o::;

his n to the limit , though ho loaVO(l ·IJh.;·j r -_;_ :·~c.;c_: h ':•rcJ'f '.!honn..:r he sunds , . l1lS

I (Fron a Dallc.s ~ '•

¥. ... 'ITith thoju . s . First ll.r;iry, \fi:T~ Identit y ~f thiJ f1j:lc.1"5.can 11 flTi.ncs co1mms 11

thc,t slo.shod lccr.oss Frccnco fron: thJ Soino I~ivor , tJ1rou:::;h ')Jl:(Lvt;1 r).1d,.into • • GurP1o.ny :i.n 19 dc..ys ·urts disclosod o:£'ficio.l.ly J.Ionday .

Fow it can bo told that it vo.s ti.1.o crack u . s . Third _'\_rnorocl Di.vision that scored ono of tho nost. spoctaculo.r advances of :~ho cr:r.:;_Jo.i_:;n in tho ·Tost'!thu.s far .

Tho 'swiftness of tho Third 1s dr ivo which s.poo.rhoadod tho O!X~irq, First j,;c:rry fror:t tho SoLno to tho 8iogfr io-El Lbo at bo-Gto1· thrm a :nilo-.an• llQur ~~ip , -vms duo to tho cunninQ; c,nd sJdll of it ' s cor:"lln.o.::dcrs c.ncl th.::: 'rillih'gnoss -' o ;'Jrush • c,sido tho orthodox text boo!.c rules -~ .• ;\On noccsso.17 •

!cftor bcg i rmg:j.ho pu~h tho d.:';lrC of Ac:c; ~ 25th, t:10 Third ~2·o.::;:oa at Cor b i o l tho nb:~t dg.y ; l~lun;;ocl o··cJr t::1c ··ol,n;il,c;n- ]:-:t··, .. ' ' · 11or dcr ,....,, .t·. d:Fo-ilC t-m.--Gu,;h 3...Jlgiurll. in lO r:1 -l'-"'l • J·'-- cc.n ;:.lso bo d·i: c"ocJ .;:J tL"': ~ !u

Infcntry Division cr~s tho first to cror:~s i.:;llo :"'oJ.ci.:xl' ·nLr fron morning of .'3opt . 2nCi. . • tl

, Riding :ct'" tho h..Jc.d dL his• t~oo,_•s, c:c_s - ''J Thirci ' s Co;·u,:.a··~dinr~

tou (eh "Oldl'·,r T•r'cosn d-~r1' ·1r- 1 ·-ro·n l·1·~;n -:-:· .. , :•·i"!.--·nc~ •::~~"'"' +'h-~('"' + 0 u '· .•. ·. '-" .1.. 1..-.C:, -- ........ 1~ v.- ""' -.J _ .•. \; u..,. ,._.. ..._ -~ v.~.J.J. JV y.

ro<,ohcd tho "Go'rn ;')f Rootr;;cn on tJ rcfc ... r;tc()D of So J'c . 12·t o I .. ono my in its wo.}:o . , . ,1 t'.

I n tho drl·,,.,o +o ··ons· -:;ol)..tt..1 ·' ···'1c' >l~liOr.',-~_,.,, r·o·-:rocJ. s - ~ U .l.·.o- -- ' -'--' . 0 1

.1. VJ.. _... M""T - .. 8 -l;\..•.t--

40, 000 Gormo.ns y;c;ro tro.ppod YrhHo ntto ::n_:;tin::; to w-~J4.(bl•i ·c the S i egfriod Lino .

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F()st of tho Gorr:iru1s nottor Ic.ft tho ro:r.s c:.rcc.. :lli:.Y:i.ng; cut tho o;uomy off, tho division left; the ,blJSinoss of roundint; u;_:-~ the :Pr:.zis up to tho Firzt Info.n• try D :Jision, 1·rhich fol~o-~10d at It 1 s h.oolG , <~nd abou.·~ 30 , 000 vvcro c o.pturod [).11.d 5, 000 killed .

Tho o.rmorod di vj.s ion 1'l0t somo stuh1)orn O'H'OS ·'.tio:r. ns :it ' s tanks , halftracks , and solf- propollod o.rJc :5.llcr::r de.s hJ1j_cr~~s :-?oJ.g;ium in sovDrnl colurms . It cE:,pturcd CJL',RLDROI , NJIJJUR, LIEGE , BUPEN , o.nd thollEOETGEN .

This correspondent acc0npe..ni(Jd tho divisior1 on :i.t 1s drivo vl'"hich averaged about 16 0- i rlino ;:lilos o.. do.y n;nd ;~5 or 26 on tho open ror.d .

It vras tho ':'hird diviG io:n th2.t ho.cl bo..;n. in the ;forefroPt of tho .Armyts drive frw< PZniEii3 :in tho ST . LO aroo. in Franco , pr.rticipo.ting ·r i(Sht hook manc.uvcr th:-t cvcmtuo.lly :Locl to tho rout of tho cn:1orrw , o.nd od some of i'c rs stiffest ficlrt;;ine; o.ppo'.'.rins th:;;·o;J.c;h tho RENES Ol"Of:. to lill.GEliJTN:- F L.LAIS E p oc l::et .

First in the oncount.the

Commenting on 'Ghe dri-,•o fron tho 3oine to tho S iegfriod L:Lnn , a corps c Ol'llilande r s a~d:

11Wo viola.to d O'\rr:~ry )Gl01.'!1'1 rrinciplu of ;·xd.ilt(;n<:'.HCO of OT/'!.Ol~oc;J. vol'l;i.clos and hoped that t-hoy -~rould hold togutho:c . l'hoy did , 11

Tho o.dv:: .. nco Yias not b.chhn.rod ·:Iithout cost . L0SQs wc~·e h:l,gh . Lt . Co 1 . -·rill ia~1 B· Lovr;lady of Sodd.~r , Torr;J. ,, J.<:Jcl ·cho Th~crds fo~cmost

colurru-'1 rnost of tl1o ,dny across Tol{~iur,l o.ncl it lHr;.,s tl10 f; :;_"s··c to or~+~ur Gt::ri;le.n~r .. On his fl a.rurs vruro co lu;;ms lc d by Lt Col . Ros ~'Jell ·~. of 'Jz.::,r :i.c~.,;e , t:o.s s- ., a.nd ,Lt. Col . L'Oandor 1 . Doan of Syracuse , ~Tc r Ym":: .

Idcm.ti:('y of the' Thirds highor rct1'11:iEC ofi'j,cr~rs 'r:uro :wt relu~,sod imro.e d io.to ly by hoD.dquarto l7S .

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By Robert Roubo:n

UJ'TITBD ST.ti..TIS FIRST l:.?JY JE;:J}~U.:.RTT.RS 1 Oct . 2 (Routors) ... - It vms d~.scJ.osud today thStt the ,'Jr;::ricfm Third J~rmored Divis ion was tho now fo.r:1ous- - r;ut ;.1over no.rr.ed- mot-Qrizod colUJlli1 that .spoarhoo.dod tho J..r;terican drive through ;}olgiu:n. Fighting its wo.y ,from tho Soino i.n F'ro.nco to tho Gormetn bor<;lor j_n 27 dC\;ys of mi:).itery history.

Loadi.ng tho dhris ion- a.nd ridinr; o.hYo,ys at tho fro-nt of his troops - -;·ras tho Co'!Qnl).nding; .gc.nG:r'r,l 1 a "'Gough do.ri~"Jg S oldic;r ,. throe timJs winner of tho 8 ilvcr Str\.1' 1 vrho rose fror1 tho o:n.li:3tcd ra.nks o.tHl- b<Jc::H:l£1 a liout.,:ms.nt in t!10 L\st yrur. at tho o.go of sovontoon .

Tl10 division, -rrhiol1 or-giYlo.llJT ~7!_lS o:-·_;) r~/!: tl1C' 1..1./1~~--~s t11o.t l0'Lt~~ -{<"l·J ~:J:"''")U.T

throug:h '.7QSt of Se.int Lo a.::cl lntor l:J .• .:J.·:,cd onoirclo u.nd OJ.'lnihilc:co a l::::>·:o ).Jioco of tho Gormo.n Seventh ..:..:rntr 1 })Ogctn its c1r i ·c throuc;h C-~~- ~~::w uh t'·o n:i. · of ;~ugust 25th ~"Then it rocojvod orders to t.r· t'l-·1e ·,'~;_:;:'..:::.c c,;:d hor.r.i ::'nr .ic:Ls.ium .•

" !~t ..... l·y;.,.,g l·nto o"s·:~e .... •·• T:'-·"'''~0 ;., (r'i'c'lti ly'' co1 ·1·:·n<' fclr'·.,.-,·'-~on "'hootinc-....., .,. ~r.o.i.J..._:; ~~ ~ .._ ..,....;. .1'+ <..._.~-".J - -.1.- ~-u ... ~ .. --' _'_· __ .J, --l .·.~ -~) . . .... _.v ..J.. J.. 1 ..:~ <.:J

Drctorod units sido by side , 'but !'1ilos np::crt dovm ·;:1c "I:.rjou:;; roads , tho corn:mandinc gm:.or».l and his r:.ortorizor.J. troop€ co.pturotl Chntc,:u Thierry ar.Ld fought thru tho b2.ttlofiolds fo.mous in tho prcv:ious wr.u.~ .

Despite tmlk destroyer c.nd c_;r',"ol·<.d O>'<::o-s .ition1 tho division cl·o:;;scd tho Ho.rno , captured Foo.ux o.nd drove thJ~ou:_:;il s;j,sr: OJ:S ' bi-voucking thac night in thickets il'l si,ghi;; of onomy troops .

In addi1cion to c.::mso less nursuit .:;.nd annihilQ.tion of Gorl'i1DJl tro or)s , tho I • J.

ta..YJ.ks and ini'antry destroyed pillbo:x:Gs o.nd once· fou~;ht a running lJactlo v.rith C..ernun ~anJr,.s abonrcl flc,t cars in o. moving tro.i:r... , on the th.ruo trains sh,ot up. in one day by tho division.

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Tho div-ision hoa.dod r!:tr<'.ight for Sodtm, but on ;.ugust :31st sudd.only ·;.rhoa lcd north, out across tho bord.or in P.Ol[;ium \:·rith so'\to r cd. columns c..nd atco.c kod nnd c o.pturod Mons .

Tho no.nouvor bloclwd. o:t'f Gor uc.n Troops r otrcn.t'ing to GcrElO.!'l.Y c·.nd j ust befor e davm on So;:Jtombvr 3d nll hell ·broke lose Fh.on clCJm.vjYCS of so•7oro.l Gurmn.n divis i ons t r ied to l)r c; f'.:!.cthroue;h tho C;.rnorcd l ines .

Day and nie;ht tho bo.ttlo r o.go d vd:cl1. sorvicu tr OO})S , o 11(; in ours ,. l.inor11.0.n 1

cooks , 1-:1iU.tary police , staff o ff' i cv r i> - o.ln ost o·,-c r yono :n ·cho di':·ision- tal:on po.rt i n tho wild no l eo that o.t ono time V'Tt'.S bo.ttling in tho cr '-';8, oi' divis ionc.l comnand post.

J..nd when it o11dod, ·chous o.ncls of' tn.~; god Gurr .cJ1 pr is o~10 r s v-10ro mer ch i ne; b2.ck into Fr o.nco . Sovor o.l Gorr:;an go:'l.uro.ls <'J1Jro prisoners o:i:' wcr , n.r ... d tho fio l ds nrou:nd Mons vro'i:'o littorod ',7ith doc.d Gr.)rr~cns c.nd 01:.dl oss colt.m:::~ s of shotup Gor ;;:i'.n vehi c l es .

V!ithout· ct p2.uso, tho division took: of f fa~~ H::t~:,ur , li1oro:tin~~to·,m ~--ftor

tovm as it vrent . DJspi·bo uncc:l.··c s'.in supply ery;,J.dit ions , ~;ho crc.clc di'.' is ion on££:1.noors bridged tho Mou s e and tho di·v i.s ior:. T.:Unt {;h.:nm:::;h J'iamu!' c.nd h uc-.dcd for tho koy high'..ray hub of Lo ige .

Gas and othui' l31..1pplios l::. ':c;ocl bohincl tho coll.J.r u,s ~ o..lli~. jorr ;r ·." 7.a!-i•J S hc\r etssod them snor "dic. ·~lly but: .LToigo Vl"S t~ r·l· ·,~o'"·1 dod "''v1 Poll- ·.~.'• · n "~c 1 ~ \" 1' r1 r'r• --,-i ·i·J.'·t r'-"r'nr' -1' .1,; •:..1. • .• 1, $ ~ . .,_ ~ . -· • - \. t... t..J..• - \...t. - .~J. ·~ '-"<. - ...J~l- ~ ... _ .. _ ., ) _ • - .I ·.IV ) :-. -

t roops no:vr conpl.:.:to l y dis orgnnizod and in wild fli :,;ht , lo ~~v:i.:n.c- i:h<:J ci.ty . o:oly c. fovr l1our's boforo ·t;h_o .:Jnt.... r j.c.ar.:.s r:trrj_\rod. One Ck:;r r-n:·.1 Gu:~~:.-Jr c. l 1.:£-. s :cil.lc d 1'1o:to a11d o.nQt hor co. pt uro d .

lico..r Vor vior n l arcu 17 t .rohot1.SO Yi2.S c ~.p·1:; t1rc : ~ full o f por·isl1nblo SU iJ.plios n:1cl for sc-rror a.l dc,.ys Yo..11I~ soldivrs s mol=:od tl1o 1:;z; s ~~ G<JT'" l'f.tD.:.1 c'lgc:.rs D.?ld ~to ~}!'" ~:1C~l: cc..:.l.?-Jr • l;.TUl').y for tho .first t ir:--:.o in TJOOl~s t1)0k si1cT.-r0r-s t.::t a :nn:.1~c:.ory vri1.icl1. tJ.1r011 0 ) 0!1 its do ors t o tho l ibc r o.t o:rs . J:J'ld f'or the firr:;c ::; L ·o s:i n (J(J lo r·,_ vil:g; j:.-:e.::riccc, :::ho doughb oy s found i cc; c r oo.El- c.:J.d c..t ~ :.t 'by ·cho gc,_llon.

CO:CD H.ECEPTl01~

Tho "lri l lngo of Eupor!., ho. l f Q\JrmruJ. r . .nd ho~f Be l[~ium. c.nd g i ving tho yo.n.k:s a glum end co l d :rocoF':;ion, fol l no~cb o.-s tho d i.vision bo ;:;o.n foolinc; out tho Gvrmm'l S i cgf:rio d line . On S C.J p ·!;ombor 12th tho bodor cross ins wM mo.de . T~"r:J;: ~·:J.cod. in t hrough Phos phorous smol::o . E.nginuors no'.-od in':;o pil l b o;:•JS anC. blmr "thorn up . Ta.nl:.: do z ors cover ed drn.gon toot}: vrith d i rt D.nd tho colum.:1 bru:-.c::cd ·i~ho f ccwus YTost 1'Jo.ll. Rootg;on1 .fh·st Gor mcm ·boTmsi1.ip to fo. l l wo.s o npturod thc.t clc:y .

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Bi~TI' IE OF :!"'Ol'iS :-- ( Tho Fir:3t gr o!·tt fiold b:_· 4~tlc of ··.rorld. ·~·o.1· I tool:.: plnco o.t Mon s i n Bo l [~iun 'Jh .. r o c. v i ctor ious G-:..r r:rc.n .:r :~ry ,~l' iTLc.~ hc.:• rl o.:::tor tho ot.~t ;· ,J.;.·:: ~·, · lud c.nd do f o c:l:;c d n.ll i<.; S 1 C a.:no Up with }3ritctil '.S II C r) i:;_·:,~ v , ;pt i [ ,J,o l i '; · :~- _ 11 p:rofc, ::;:; : " !1. :tJ. "'r :'oy • ( 80 ,000 men). Go:1or a l -;;ron Klucl: tL.·o,:·c 2 "!0 1 ) ()() mon o.~;c:i. ':·- :; tho::1. -,,·- - ~; '.u old contompti.bl os ct ood their r;r ound 1...mt.LJ vYc:i.r rc,;-~l:s -r,:c,,; '" ~10t throup~\ ·, tLcongh.

Tir.-x:J con·ospondont Jncl': :'.'lkldc.l1 co.~~h.;J. i:;1-w "o ll<P~;:::; n_,'c nuut. Qf cc l'<.o lw,t tlo of 1:1ons (cor..tinuod from · ··orld ·.·;o.r I ), c.s it -,:c.n .\')\,'C~ : ~-::; l c.s·c ..,;sole : rith victorious J..noricn.ns driving hc:rd n.f~u r n:n out - :·;onc.:r :·.lod '::<. c1.-:.; fo nto d .~"er;:o.r.~:. Arny :)

Tho Ge r man Gonoro. l sn.t on t:1.o iron ln.d.dor insid0 t ho sug~r r<) fir:o r y c-.nd s t c.rod n.t his bl oc k pol ished boots . Fro r.'. ·L)c hi.:;,d. s t::_l ' .· ... cl forr:JS oi' tho factor y lU..':'.chino r y o. scor o of Gormn~1. officer s J:Ocrod. •::j_: l(; S '~ :'.. cm i:c _,~· l;.r c.t hil.."l but .he [;D..VO no s i t;n. T~1or c Y:.:'.S no moti on n.round hir.l sc,vc the: ,,-,1:o;", s n:~ s ·:c':c ·cbx~• curl od u:: L1.round his bowod hoo.d o.s he p u ff::.Jd pons ivoly on c. fr.l; ~ ··r.1.;1Hr. c~t::;nr .

outsido tho roi'inory tho dond ~~OOj_Jlod tho fields in r_,ttit1..cdos of grotcsquo ho l p l ossnosa . Tho vioundod l a y u::lid th:J still burning wr-.: cl: o.g-o of s::Je,shod C-orrrl.8.n no-tor c olmnr;s i thoy wore so mn.ny thn.t thor o '!T'J.S no TJC!;y to ovo.ctw:t;o tlwm.

on the roads tho prisonc.rs mr:.rchod eight abroo.st in a colunn D. nile l ong and 0.

Bol gic..n v\ro;no..n dc..ncod up doYm •Nith her fincor ncross h0r throat screeching -"Ko.put Hi t l orztt

Till Hm~ S;TRETCH

I t wo.s tho one. of the trail for the G<; r;;1c.n com:w .. ndor. _-10 o.nd othe r gener a l s wit h romo.nts of f i vo divisions thc..t tried to brcdc ou-t; of Bolgiur,1 i nto G·Jrma~w to got bohind t h o V!oct ".'Ja ll. But they had fo. ilod. ~"Tithin 48 hours one U.s • .:.rmorod ana ono U.S. Infc..ntry di "'[i s ion had trc-.ppod ::tnd v i rtur1.lly dostroyo d thom. Ne o.rly 251 000 pr isonors had boon tD.kon and tvro or tr .. r oo thousnnd k illed .

Tho battl e of Mons will r::uir as ono of t ~cc r:ost doc is bro 1.Jc..ttlo:s :i.,n ou.r c ampa i gn i n Euro pe ., for i t vrc .. s hero thnt t;,.o Gorrnr..n roo.r [uc.:cd 1vn.s snnshocl . Regardlos s of its i rlport:-,nco , hovru•JCr~ it vrill ra.:-J.c c:.s one of the nost curious bc.ttlos of tho vrc.r- -curious in thc.t noitlv.;l" t:.,_o ~!Oh :::-.. :::1 nor Ln~ricr·.n cor1nnnds _, botn. nrrchi ng north on ::t pc-.ncllo l roads , c::poctod c. b0.!~tlv of such mo..,:;ni tudo .

Tho two fo rces c o l l ided on thu ;:10r ning of Sorrt . 3 souhJost o::· Fo; ;s . Fighte r p l OXlOS opo r c.tin:r, with the D.dValcCO ['X!ilOr (Jft.rly disCov-o;cod ! 'C.CtY'l;:.' J. , !c<)(.)\ OnerTJ vchiclo s h9c.di:t1~ oastvrar d towecrd tho Lr"~vricm:1 lines , nnd innodit:;.toly c.tt,,~cl:od

t hem. J ammed on tho r oc..ds in double 0.nd triple colur:rrls , tho C-crno.; :s sJcill pressed eastward, f or to them thnt wc..s tho vre.y to s o.fo-l::;;.r c..nd Gpr!;1o.ny .

By 9 a . a . tvro onCill'J colurnns bogai'.. conv-or ;:~ ·~·'-6 o:1 1:o,·ts _, striJ:ing; tho tail of our ndvo.ncod armored unit ir'.. that city. T:10 C..L:or Yras scon C\.J.t off :;.nd o;:lCirc l ed a1.1.d. tho c or:nnandc r asked tho infantr y , -rr:1ici1 wns folloFi:::lg for mopping- up t o hurry to his a i d. .

This infantr y hc.d c. lro::cdy prepared for an o.tto.ck o.nd -r.7c·.s r·1ovinc; nc,rthwo.rd. Tho:ir a dv ance s o on co.rricd thor'l ctgo.inst tho v.rholo lcm[,;th of t?lo GDrmo.n co l umns which , t hus c o.ught on bot h :Ll o.nl:.:s vrC~.s s quc·:.;zod. botwoon tho 0.r ;:1ored ar..d i nfant r y nnd r ape d by a mur der ous cross f ire . Soon every highc·my, roc,d nnd country l1\ne in tho o.rca. wa.s ct rfl.D.s_s of burning; , . vrrocl:ecl vol1ic l os . Thcro seldom hccs 1Joon such a qt:..ick mass slau,:;htcr c.s this . Tho bo.tt l ;j o:t tho F".liiso gc.p ·>ras sc·I0rnl clays i n tho dovo lop i ng , but tho s l o.ughto r dec i mation o.nd disj-.cors ion of 20 1 000 to 30 1 000 Gor mo.ns i n t ho Mo.ubou go- 1/fons aror.:. took p l 0.co ~·,ichin a fe-N hours .

Gor EJC'.l1 ta!'lcs i.n tho mi ddle of t r u c k a.nd pnssvngcr- vohicle co l u11111S whore shot and b l asted ., c a r eening over cc,r s l ock i ng tho colur:u1s . I s.mr ono doubl e co l m,:n ove r c .. n ile l ons- o.nd I d i d not d i sc oYo r tho end o:L' i t - wh i ch only o. f'oF vehic l es hnd not boon burned or smo.shod, VoH::svragon , Sodans , a.ck- aok trucks , c..;·.l:J.Unitior~:.

c arrio ~· s ., 47-Hl1 (itms and hun dreds o f b i cj c l es l"tor o irretr iovo.bly snnrled.

ROUNDUP

By t on i n tho mor n i .-·1.g Lt . Gonor c.l Ruocligor von Hoyldng ho.d surrondorod. . Vf£1011 tho nc.sto r s of tho master rnco ccpitulc~ted . Tl1o ro.nk e>.ncl. file boc:~.r.o

thor our;hl y bo-.ri l de;rod, Sor.1o fle d south to osco.po tlu· ough the fie l ds but; fel l in droves be f ore our sno.l l rrns f'iro , Hi thi:c tho :t_)Orimetor orgr .. ni zod 07 ot::!' JJT!.o:rod divi s i on r:.round ~J!ons no front or ro .".r v<:L3tod. Heo.dqu:;;."tc rs troo;:-•8 . .,_ ,ld :- . P o' s who nor r.:D. l ly do not do 0.11y fight~.•1g cco.:r_Jtvrod. ove r EOO thcroughl y du · o~:·c.:~~J.zuc .. Gorno.ns . Confused n.nd r ioting Gor Lo.:l c!-J .. istod pc:,l oft1.m :); C>r!:o nw~·.y ?:co" officers t o surrender . Sor:o C..:t:rr:r'.!l o:f'ficurs sc:c1t J'.otcs ·t;o O'-ll~ l:C::.u ~~ s~•.yin~ th~·.t they vrou l d surrender f i fty non an hour .

One !.J."l.orico.n conpo.:r:y cc..ptu:t·od ov:.;r 2000 :.~r:i..so~"lO rs. L. c o.ptctin in thr..t c enpo.ny took 20 0 himsdlf mer e l y by ~o inp: out ~'i'ch '.'. -.::.:~cu fl o.r; to tho (iornnn lines . Bat t o.lions often c ou l d not figl1t i)occ.uso tile~:·· ·v:.··o o·<.rcn:>.:;lncd 1Jy pr isone r s . At one t i me o. di~.-ision cage ho.d l O., OOO ;·::c;::. in it .

FRIS P12XTIW Thr oughout Sept 3, 4 , 5, tho Gcrmc.n colur:ms f o llo;: i n,:; hohind tho or i[; i no.l

COlUFl.llS o.nd Ull.aiiJD.rO of tho trap tho.t had boon sprung COi.lti:lUOcl to bu r.1p int o OUr

lines oround I.lo;:s . J,.n ,·j;;orico.n r: . P. diroctin.s t r nffic durin;:; tho Light d i s covorod t hat ho ho.d j ust motioned a Har k V tc-:nk i nto tho assoro.bly ar on and tho Gor no.n t e>.nk

h ::td obedi ent l y follo'.'rod. his ho.nd signo.l . L;:wthc r c i 'lil io11 cc:.r l or.dod ·qith Go r n::m offic e r s blit h e l y rode into tho middl e of nn }J.wr i cc.n tc.:1l: co l umn before it -rrns d i s c o-rcr od by ac1. o ff i ce r in a j eep and shot up .

Uhilo our c.rmor T·Ti:. s punhi:'..~ on ·i;or.;c.rd G-'Jr·:.'£'.:;1Y, our inf'm'l t:.:·y h:'.d sto.:rod in postim1 n. ctinr; nuch lVl o. :::hart stop cr~tcl1in:; ov,:rythin:'; tho.t tho Gorn1D.j_1S he..-.-o bc.ttsd their -c·;r,y. It is no lonr.;u r ft quoctio:;_ of indi·.~idnal Go r :t·lf'f\S su:r=r ol1cloril1F~; ~nc2.'"'0 z:.n.d tb.r.;ro., They ,.,.ro sur·rc :: ·Idc:~ :i_:e.-3 i~1 croups of tl'lrco, four o.nd fi~/o llu~_1c1rocl. Th~r(; ere no lo n.:-:v r :.:n~JlT;j]l -:_;ruol~s to b..r\l}_cl l u t;·l1o pr isor1ors still ['0Ul'i:1(; in.

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E~CTRACT FROl1 STE.R3 & STRI?ES, Oct. 12. 1944 • . The Third Ar 1i!.<'r9d Divisi cn hu.s u la::ky . Te xtl.!'. :rw.!'Jed Layf . ..<.yettc Fool who

may be tho wcrld 1 s £'FUrl test tank man~ In his 3h<.;rman oallJii 11 In the l\~co-:1.' 1 ?ocl has kill(:;d nor0 tht:.c: 1:;(.';:;

Garmans,. He h1s dustr()y0d 258 :·\or s:m vGhicl·.Js ;_u;d c t:.ptur od 250 priGonsrs, according; tc , Thirl Armored headquarters.

0n 21 occasions. ?ool, a, former Sinton (Tox) 1.·o·wr, r ode lY~ L1t fqr the division. Hs is a t.S~.ll, quiot :~~uy , 1.vith o. coxer's ncsc a .. 11d a v:css ic:;~ fer lilea.tin;; Germans.

Tho crew of J.n tL·a t:ood h:;.s b<uen 1:rokon up ·now o . .;:c ;pt fe r r 0dhc.udei 'lVilbert .itichards, cf Cumh.;rlo,nd, hid., and Bert Close, cf F-. rt:..aLC. , Or 0 . These 't',vo ' a.re driver and C:J.Ssistant driv;r of :.t tc..::J~C still<;.? frcLt. Jt h,Jrs cf the crow wGrG Cpl. ··'ii llis Oller, of i":o rris onvillo, Ill., -:)jcl. Set Jel L-<oo:-; s, of Lancaster, Ghio

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T9llker Lloyd Rin gor; of Rc ta.Yl, Texas, :na.d;:; u. .bad Ei s t::tk0 whon the Third .Arrc.ored Di'vidon push.cd th.rou i':~l Lic Go • 36m8 cnthusiustic Fr ;LOh,;:eJl h,:;~.nded Rinkvr a pap·~.r p 're e l cont::~.inin :_~ six sund•ttichr"s for the cr>.:;e/f., Hill%:J th·:J.uked tho Fr :Jnchmunt and put tho sJ.ndwich._;; s on tho tJ.nk tr c:.;:siJtssicn bosid0 him,

T·YO r:inut:;s l a ter Rink.)!' knc'W his mistake. The St>.!ld '·dch0s ''~-'r c-n 1 t cheese, they wsr•..J ioe cre .':l.m.

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Published Wednesday, 4 October 1944 in New York Sun

THffiD J\Rl ORED DIVISION LEADS WAY

Sun Reporter Reveals It Was This Unit That Brought Blitz Home to Germany.

By w. C. Heinz, Staff Correspondent of the New York Sun.

With the First Army in Germany, Oct. 4--It now may be revealed that the unit that spearheaded the American drive from the banks of the Seine to the borders of the Reich was the Third Armored Division of the First Arrey.

This outfit is made up of. a ldt of fighting guys who in odd moments when they weren't cutting the Germans to ribbons were running up to you and asking •vhy- everybnd;y was writing -abO\lt.-,.the ~ird krmy and mt about the 'l'hird Armored Division. It was difficult to explain to these guys that censorship allows you to vvrite about armies in the line, but not about divisions.

It was especially difficult when they showed you a letter just arrived from home which remarked what a wonderful job General Patton and his boys must be doing.

"iNhy, we 1 re the guys who took Scissons· and Chateau Thierry, 11 these G.I. guys would shout, and some of them would be quite mad. 11But in the Stars and Stripes, we read that it was the Third Army. What's the rna tter vri th you ·writing guys , a:nyway? "

You couldn 1t knovr hO"iJ many guys shouted things like that all the way across Belgium. They shouted it at you while they were digging in as you went by, and you remember one tank sergeant who had to ~hout very loud because incoming mortar shells were plopping all around. 11Da.m.."'lit1 11 he was shouting--and you thought he was going to take you apart-- 1~ou 1 re a newspaper guy, and I've just got to get this off my mind •••• "

So you stood there and nodded your head up and down 1irhUe the sergeant shouted at you, and you tried to pull your helmet dovm to your waist, as -you do every time &'tu:f'f'- seems ~o ~~±n fas-ter t;lran-1.t's - going: out, and you waited for censorship to give you the go-ahead on one of the most amazing divisions in this campaign.

You thin..'l( you know a little about this spearhead . division, because you v:ere with it from the time it crossed the Belgian border at 4 P.M. on September 2nd until it crossed the German border at 2:1.5 P.L. on September 12. With the l\Tinth Infantry on the right and the rust Infantry on the left filling in behind, they brought the blitzkrieg right back to the land of its birth, at a speed its inventors never dreamed was possible.

Front-line General.

But what you learned from the T'nird Armored Division is that an armored division is not only what it looks on paper, fs not only tanks and selfpropelled guns and armored cars, but is mostly men from the general down to the G.I. 's. lcajor General Laurice c. Rose came out of the first world Tiar as a second lieutenant, and the first tL~e you saw him in this war

he was in a jeep about sixty feet behind the first tanks as they crossed the Belgian line. You don't see many generals up there.

That first night in Belgium was the night the Tiger tanks were crashing through the command post trying out the way, and you don't find connnand posts up that far. You don't find many headquarters companies taking a couple of hundred prisoners a day either.

Win this division," said Private Angelo Vaccaro of 17 St. Joseph's Street, New Rochelle, N.Y., that day when he was giving you one of those New Rochelle haircuts, 11we 1ve got the best officers in the whole American A nny. Ivie? I'm just a private, but I kno·w. n

Then there was that afternoon of September 19 on that hillside, just on the western outskirts of Stolberg. At the top of the hill, about

._,... __ ~ lCG ;)~'Qg a>,, ; y, t~ .L.~ *lut h-::.·~ 'heen tird in OJt'Y' Jjne was. hlp"l)~-i ...,nfi+-----s......,..,"""" and bits of flying shrapnel were clunking off of guys' helmets. And you watched the general to see if he wouldn't duck just once. He didn't, and the junior officers didn't duck either.

But an armored division, among other things, is maps, too, and telephone VJire. It took )00,000 maps to get this division from the beaches of France to the borders of the Reich, and there were tines when the division ·was moving so fast that it had to push off with nothing but French road 1naps, before Capt. William Fairchild of H utchinson, f-an., could get tactical maps for it. There are guys, too, like Staff Sergeant Kenneth Doncaster of St. Petersburg, Fla., who have to take those maps up to companies in the middle of night under fire.

And 1:-rhen you asked Lieutenant Robert L~ Eilnes of Chicago V'.rho the New Yorkers might be V'.rho helped to string 1 1 300 miles of telephone ·wire from division headquarters to the combat commands of this armor on the move, you found you couldn't publish the names arrywcry. There were only two; one was killed and the other was wounded.

· Then there is that self-propelled, automatic weapon, anti-aircraft company of Capt. Bill Prewett of Corpus Christi, Tex., which is really an anti-anything outfit. To their credit they have three tanks, a dozen rUO.l--~rac~-trttcks"" loade'd- \ji"bh pei Mrrnel, anEl- tfflo troop .:train.

When the historians finally get around to writing the history books, they mcry eventually do justice to the Third Armored Division. They mcry get around to telling hmv in ten days it liberated Mons, Charleroi, Namur, Verviers and Liege in Belgium and was the first division to capture a German town. But that is uni.L'TI.portant now. Vfuat is important is that when you see the Third Armored Division again you hope those G. I.'s will stop shouting at you-especially ·when mortar she:l;ls and he avy stuff seems to be coming in faster than it's going out.

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1/ ;r by Tom Wa# Correspondent,

Henry Washington Star

WITH THE 3RD ARMORED DIVISION ACROSS THE RHINE - (Mar 28) -Since dawn, as .fast as an armored column can move, we have boon dashing towards the heart of Germany with the spearhead of tho First Army through the shambles of artillery-mom forest.s, roads strawn with the· pathetic debris .of a brokeri", defeated army, such as discarded uni'forms, gas-masks, helmets · and rifles.

I paused to write shortly after noon, .. w:i.th the fo.rward . oloments all"eady 72 miles beyond 'the Rhine ' 'and reports: of only disintegration ahoad. Th_e big town of Harburg foll u fow minuto , ago.

In a fow hours of. bright moonlight lust night, ono .:i.nfn.ntry liaison officer, Lt. Robart Nollenborgor of Glendale, Calif~, captured unaided four Gorman towns nnd 23 mill tary prisoners~ AS he drove· through, civilians lined up 'l.vith tho:tr woupons in a pile, waiting to surrender. The division's map officer, Lt. Edward Nelson of Philadelphia, worked a11 night prt:;pnring map's of the country ahead, our progress was so unoxpoctodly fast.

Once before I witnessed a similnr progress as the First ArmY pushed across Belgium on tho tails of tho rotroatin?i_ Gorniona in Sept<.,"nlbcr from Mons to Siogfriod LinEJ, but it was va~Hr~y different ·than as wild mobs of liberated poo:(llo _pelted us with Autumn flowers and smothered us with kisses. Now, thoro is only sullon hopolossnoss in the towns, bitter hato or cringing fear on tho f!lcos. Germany is now paying "tho prico in tho so ~ondorful spring days whon tho fiolds aro blue with violets. ThoGo folks have not known a conqueror boforo who treated thom .botter than they oxpectod.

Last ·· ovoning we billotod in a ·fino homo in r1 town that wo just ontorod. Wo told the family to clear thoir belongings from tho bast room, which was occupied by tho daughter. Whon I told her to take the eiderdown quilt from . the bed, on which shu could sleep on tho ki tohon floor, she eyed m:o with runazomont and thanked me with tears in hor eyes. Such .is not tho Gorm,n.n way. O\li' rough treatment is much kinder than they · exp·ectod. Still· we find the inevitable impertinent small boys and grimy little girls homeless for tho timc-boing rind clutching dolls, _ in ~he fiel9-sl

' . . .. This ·day was a great victoTy parad·e crowded with fnciden,ts.

The only .o.nes' glad to -see us were th~.;; increasing numbers of French still .in soldier• s · uniforM. who appear at· every crossroad, free after four years. It was a porfoct air-way day with planes sweeping· ahead of the tanks, clearing out the gun-positions of tho few of the enemy ·still resi-sting. · : · ·

The major · event of last night was tho capturu of the big town of Borbrun on th6 Dill Rivor with its great insfmo asylum, converted. into a. military hospital, with 5 1 300 GermP.n nnd seven .American wounded there. "Conditions are very bad", ·said Capt.· Samuel Cohn of Hartford, Conn., medical officer who to ok out the Ameri~s. There were shortages of everything. The hospital was comm~ded by a one-legged paratroop lieutenant, an Africa veteran

who commanded doctors who were evidently suspected of·not being good Nazis.

There were only badly wounded in the hospital, as all the sick who were able to pull triggers were token out days ago nnd foiT.led into convalescent battalions for tho Reich's 1£H1t h.o}-H3loss defense.

The whole tovvn wo.s undermined with great tunnels loading to the hospital. About five miles of these were explored by Lt. Gene Schwnrtzbock and his men in pitch-dark last night. "Tho weirdest place I was ever in," said the officer. one branch lod directly to a temporary confinement place for a hundred r~flniacs.

A great deal of lousiness ~nd several casos of typhus wore found among tho German wounded in this hospital and in a worse one captured yesterday. This is a development of tho past few weeks, but no epidemic is feared. All werG dusted with the now potent American louse-powder.

Next, the srume battalion captured an optical fnctory making gun-sights, with 200 foreign workers. Tho pla.ce was horribly filthy.

Prisoners taken everywhere arc either very good or ,very bud soldiers. There is no middle ground. Some aro members of tho finest panzer divisions, while others are men in tho army loss than a week, wearing only scraps of uniforms. · They have no ideo. how to fire the guns is sued to them.

The biggest thrill was overrunning a politieal prison with Germans, Belgians, Dutch and an Englishman who was a polict-mnn on the island of Guernsey, sentenced to three years for sabotage. The Englishman says there are about 6,000 Channel Islanders distributed among Ge~an cities. Many of the prisoners were convicted for listening to English broadcasts, including trwee Germans. One man was a former prominent Dutch labor leader who took a major part in organizing a big strike in the war industries of Amsterdam. He showed me mimeographed shoots of paper, prepared in thousands by the unti-Nnzi Germtm underground. When the town was bombed durin~ the past two weeks tho leaflets would bo scattered over the debris. The text rru1.: ttput white flags out of the windows. The day of the brown devil has passed. The cowardly~ brown shirts have fled. Soldiers, Citizens, let us save our homes1

We are now pa.ss:Lng through country where there is not so much destruction. Apparently we have broken through tho shell of German resistance. But it is still not quito Belgium. There is the hollow thud of the guns, far away. The point of this javelin the First Army is hurl1.ng at the heart of Gormnny must be miles away now.

(EXTRAC'YBD Fli.OL AH Ei\TGLISH PaPSR)

"l<1Wl:l TIE SEINE TO GEIU.'Ai.JY II

Bjr Robert Ii.euben

U.s. Army H.Q. Fondayo--The American 'l'hi:td .A.llilored Divis;_on 1vas the spearhead of the United States d::-ivc th:cmgh Belg:..um, fighti.ns its "vay from the Seine to the German borde:· iYl t-rrenty-seven c1'lys, it ~-s no•:r dJ.sclosed.

Leading the Division and riding ah:ays at t:1e fl·o:1t ol his troops 1vas the Cornmanciing General, a tough, clarin:s soldier, v:im1el' of the Silver Star three tilnes, who rose from -j:,lle enlisted ranks, and became a lieutenant in the last War at the age of seventeen. ·

Started at St. Lo.

The Division, originally one of the units th:::.t lead the breakthrough west of St. Lo an.d later hcl:-;cd to encircle a'1d dost:coy a large sect:Lon of the German Sove;.1th Army--began its drive on t:1e night of Aucust 25th, ·when it received orders to bridge the Seine and head .for Delgiun.

Striking into Eastern France in nmult~.ple column" for;;. ,..,tions ' and· in the face of tanl\;, tank destroyer, and armored op:nosition, tl:e J)iv'j_sion crossed the Larne, captured Leaux, and crave tr.rough So is sons. The Division headed straight for Sedan, but on August 31st suddenly wheelei north, cut across the border into Belgium v1ith several columns o.nd captured l tons.

The maneuver blocked off Ge:rr-an troops retreating into Germany, and just before davm on September )rd ele1~ents of several Ge:cman divisions tried to break through the armored lines. Day and night the battle raged with service troops, engineers, cooks, milita:ry pol:..ce,. staff officers taking part in the nelee that at one t:irrre was battling in the area of the Division ComYnand Post.

Town ai'ter Tovm. 1iberated.

Without pause the Div'i.sion pushed off for Namur, liberating tmm after toTm. as it went. Despite uncertain supply conditions the crack Dj_vision engineers bridged the Meuse, and the Division went through Nanmr, and headed for Lj_ege" Gas and other supplies lagged behind the columns, but Liege was surrounded and fell in quick order.

Roetgen, first German tovmship to village of Eupen, ·half Gennan and :1alf began fe·3ling out the Siegfried Line, the famous \Vest 1iiall.--REUTE..11.

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fall, was captured that day. The Eelgia n, fell next as the Division On September 12th, the colullln breached

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(EX'IRACTED :FROE HSTARS AED S'rRIPES II)

Thursc1ay, October 5, 1944

FIES'_r I:IF'A:nT£l.Y, THIRD iJ:LOfi2D Vill·T PJ_,AUDI':i'S

First Army Hq., Oct. h--The nrst Infa!.1try Division c:.nd the Third .ilrnorod :Oiv·ision conprised the cr.::.ck Hfirst team n w:1ic:1 c~rove a stecJ. wedge completely through tl:.e Siegfriec: Line e~.st ot .:,.ac;len, it TJaS reve-lled today when the outfits l:!ere taken off t~1e restricted list for action thcough September 2nd.

1':1e divisj_ons first joined forces sout~1 of S.::.int-Lo, before t?le great brea1:t:1rough there. The l'~inth Dh'is:i.c.n pushed hStlfT;ay dovm the road to Liarigny, ar.c: then the First and Third shot through strai::;ht to l.=arigny. There the team s·.~ung southeast to Co1.1.t:n1ces to complete their part in that operation.

The First is one of America's most fe.mous divj_~;ions. In ,-vorJ.d -,Jar I, it ·w2.s the first A.n:erican cU.vLiiO:l to l'lnd in :L:ranc8. In this war, it ::1as hand-picked for the toug:-;. assig!.'!.l<'OEt of the invasion of iiorth .cU'rica and caPture of Oran.

After cleaning up in North Africa, the F~rst hit thG beaches of Sicily at Gela on j·uly lOth Cj.nd a little r;:ore than a year later t~1e fcuned inf<mtry clivi:cion :Piled asho:ce in Norramlj- near Collevi}..le-sur-Eer.

o-n the be~ches, th9 First ran into an extra German division which had been shinned to the area tvo d<'-YS before the invasion for maneuvers. The ]:;':i.rst OvDl'Ca:t,ie the opposition :oJ-1d pushed inJ.and.

First Army intellic;ence officers give nuch credit to the li'irst Infantry and Third Arrt',ored for Trinning the bat-'.:;le fo:· the Siegfried I,ine v·ray back at L1ons. There, vd.thin four clays, the First took 17,000 prisoners, ma.'W of i-rhom had been destined to man the defenses of the German v12.1l.

'Ihe :First is cor:1l!1 a.nded by I 8.jor General Clarence R. Huebner. The nane of the 'Eflird Arli'o:ced COi•1mc.nder has not been releasee:..

The Third ArElorecl Divi s:Lon has ta1~en more th:m 20_,000 prisoners since D-Day.

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IIJ.<"P.Ol:' THS SEH:E TO G-EIUAJYII

By Robert Heuben

U.s. Army H.Q. Yondayo--The i'..merican 'l'hird A:cmored Divis;_on was the spearhead of the United States d!'ivc thrO'.lgh .t3elg:Lum, fightin::; its way from the Seine to the German borde::.· in trrenty-seven da.ys, it ~-s nm·r dlsclosed.

Leading the Division and riding aly:ays at the f:co:1t of his troo:.:>s 1v-as the Commancling General, a tough, darinrs soldier, vrim1ei' of the Silver Star three times, who rose fro~n -j:,:1e enlisted ranks, and bccar,le a lieutenant in the last War at the age of seventeen.

Started at St. Lo.

The Division, origj_nally one of the units th:::t J.ead the breakthrough west of st. Lo and late:r· hel-,cd to encircle a:1d dcst:coy a lo.rge section of the German Sove;.1th Arrrr:r-hegan its drive on t:1e night of Aur:;ust 25th, "VYhen it received orders to bridge the Seine and head .for Delgiu<''l•

Striking into Eastern France in "multiple column" for.;::.-:otions ' ancl in the face of tank, tank destroyer, and armored opposition, tte j)iv·j_sion crossed the Larne, captured Leaux, and c.ro•:e tt>.roug:1 So is sons. 'l'Le Division headed straight for Sedan, but on August 31st suddenly wheelerl. north, cut across the border into Belgium irlt!l several colurnns and captured ltons ..

The maneuver blocked off Ge:rran troops retreating into Gennany, and just before cb.vm on September 3rd eleiae::1ts of several Gel'man divisions tried to break through the armored li.11es. Day and night the battle raged with service troops, engineers, cooks, mili ta:ry pol:.ce, staff officers taking part in the n·.elee that at one tillie was battling in the area of the Division Command Post.

Tovm after Tovm :Liberated.

Vlithout pause the Divi.sion pushed off for Namur, liberating tovm after toTm as it went. Despite uncert~:.in supply conditions the crack Division engineers bridged the Meuse, and the Division went through Naimlr, and headed for L:Legeo Gas and other supplies lagged behind the columns, but Liege vras sUl·rounded and fell in quick order.

Roetgen, first C.erma.n township to villas;e of Eupen, half Gennan and half besan feclb1g out the Siegfried Line, the famous West 1"Jall.--REUTEil..

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fall, was captured that day. The Belgia n, fell neA~ as the Division On September 12th, the column breached

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FIRST ARMOR RACES EAST, ALMOST WITHOlT'r CHALLENGE

By Andy Rooney

'IJIII TH THE FIRST U. S. ARMY I\RMO RED SPEAR HEAT!, GERM ANY, -Mar 30 (Delayed) -- This armored forc.e raced 100 mil(;S f'o.rther into the heart of GerMe.ny yestordo.y in one of the grb:'.tcst armored blitzkroig the war hns _yet produced.

Medi'U.!Tl and light tanks, half-tracks, j e8ps bri stJ.h1g •Pi th machine guns, tmd six by six. supply truck tre.ins r0..cod ov.cr the Gorrnrm roo.ds and fields at a breo.kneck speed. Gorrwn resistance is described as "none at all" in some pln.Ct);J t o "moderatett in others.

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The desperate German High Command yesterday r r,ct.>d u ll~!.gh speed express to many of the towns in the p o.th of' adv::Jlco of <mv of the armored columns, of the spearhead force, dropping from 10 to 30 SS men at e:1ch to'W!l with bazooko.s, ammunition and do or die ordel·s to slow the advance .

NAZI PWt s CR01J1lD R0 .1\DS

Issuing words of warning such as "roads cler:.red uf Gern.~s to shoulders only," the tnnks drive their ·rumbling vehicles at top speed 18 to 20 hours a do.y. All thro ugh tht; day, Gerrum soldiers stream out of tho woods and field to give thmnsel ves up, and the roads back are literally crowded with a flow of German prisoners and rn.ulti-uniforrned force laborers who start migrating out of GertrJ.any the minute thEJy are released by tho leading :\.mericBn forces.

The SP.oarhead knocked out 450 German v0hicles in yesterday'~ advance. German officers who thought they vwro escfl.Jd.n,s over dirty roads off the mnin highwny, time and ng·dn r~m into F.~~. forces cutting bverland to avoid passing through th0 narrow-strot:ted towns. ·

One small German comnand car which bumped into tho p;..r;;c;ricc.n colQmn apparently thought its strength was limited to the thr~ tanks which tho two officers in the car could S t:o from thoi r side of the road. Ono officer open0d up with small nrms fire, and in return, 37mm fire from arwthor tan]:: clipped off the heads of tho two of.f'ir-0rs nectly a t the shoulder level.

While resistance is described ::s 1 ight and crur,bling , armored men have found· 11 crumbling Gorman resistnnce 11 still kills .Americans. Ono te.nk was· hi~ by bazocika fire from n distance , .f 20 yards, InfantrJ111on riding tho tank scrc:mbled off , thon the tank0rs poured out as the ShEii'!1'1U11 caught fire and burned . Ono man was killed.

An advance rocon ontfi t high-tailc<i it through tho Gert1.nn town of Neider-Marsburg without. resistnnco. When the hoavy outfits of the colQ.mn started to roll throue;h, they .t'cund they had a firefight on their hands.· Irlf 8.ntrymen scrembl <.::d o .ff the t n11ks and headed for the village.

"There o.re ~ bunch of SS men here who wu.nt thi s dm'lr.med to11m worse than wu do," the lieutennnt in comru:md of t h e 1nf8lttrymen radioed buck

several high-ranking Germ8n officers were c n.ptur0d. in t he advance which caught the rear-line troops listonint; to t h.oixradioed broadcasts of "American aclvancos several mile s e Gs t o: the Rhine."

Field Marshall RoJ1'U"1el' s personal physici an wn:..1 anc,ng t hu :'C captured. He h~s not been with RoJ11mel since tho Des ert Hn.t d e.:, s in North Africa. The tall, s andy-haired colonel sai d. norrun8l was killed in Normandy, whereas eerma.n report cluiTied Rornrwl wns Lo t killed until the Anericnn trc ops had pushed into tb.o vicir.d ty of Chartres.

Two Nazi Trains Hal ted

Two German trains. were b ugged by the a dvancin g a!'l l.C l" yosterd ~r. one four-car express r on.red ~:long the t1•acks on n high r idr;o. If it had continued it would hove cut through the ar tnorod coltunns wh1 c wore deployed like a c;roat na.val task force through Gorn.~n e;rain fields. An ack-ack outfit in the l"liddle of the colUJ11n lowered their high vc;loci ty guns and clipp0d t he c :1h in of the nuvlng train with th£ir first volley, stop pine tho u-crm :-::.n expr os s li t0raJ.J .y in its tracks.

Another Gerr:1an R:r.J.l'11Unition trnin c:f e.pproxin:1 t cl:_," t)n c -J.r ~1 wo.s destroyed as it round0d a long slow curve i n t lw b a s :i.:::1 c f' n. valley . Large and small rounds of a:rlNU.n:tti on explode d al l th:r:-·un 1.{h. t hu night and the succeeding elements c f t lw cclurnn whlch p rws od the wreck in the vall oy throught they were running into thclJ:• fir•st heavy germru1 fire until they wer\:J tol d thnt the "-rtillur:,· wns all friendly'-

by Walter Fnrr War Correspondent, London Daily Mail

111!ITH THE 3RD AR~WRED DIVISION SPEARHEADING HODGES' FIHST US ARMY - (April 1) - The battle to ext-ePminate the last ren nunts of the defeated Wehrmacht rages tonight on the water shed betwe en the Weser river and the Ems river.

Gen. Montgomeryt s spearhead~~ and Gen. Ho dg es' breaktbrc~ugh force which a week ago were more than a hundred miles apart have drawn close to each other nnd are nlready s:mchronizing thuir J.rivc

r.rherot s now nbsolutely no doub.t that the c;roat mass of German people arc rortc~y to surronclor unconC:.i tionc..lly. They hoist white flags flnd the Mayor in each vilJ.c.go h.~-~s all weapons rou..."1dec! up for us hours befol"'o our spenrhe£ds arri vc. one villa(!,e wai t0d ten hours for Allied columns to turn up. The mayc·r stood in the main street with n white flag all afternoon. Eventually ono o:f' our messengers pnsseJ through and they rushed up to him t-:, stU"l'ender the village. The mayor so.ic: he coulc1ntt unclcrstan:l why, havinp; decided to surrender, he ho.d to wait about like: this.

Reports we get from the people who have corw frnm Berlin indicate Hitler has either ceased to issue orders c,r 1l5.s c_;r<J.cJ·:J ore failing to ren.ch their clestination becn.use of the.: cc· :·· . n~ i.cation- chaos.

We hen.r ronorts that Hitler issued a proclaruntion stating that come-what-may ho vlill not i'n.il th(,) Reich tm .. l thn.t tl1e ;J.lies will never succeed in smashing Nazi resistance. It's reported he has abandoned Borchtesgc.den and has e:\ no into hidj_nc.

~rANKS USING INDIAN WJ,RJi'AHE rrACTICS Old Covel~ed Wagqn Days in Am0ricn.n Wost Tiecn.llocl

On Plains of Westphalis

By l'J. C. Heinz

With the Third Arr.J.ored Division in GermMy, J.lpril 3. - For a week now .American tanks have been rUl111ine wj_lJ in the Hoi.ch, an· if you are tryinr:: to imagine whnt this is like you r~ ir;ht tr;/ to picture the Ii1diro1 warfare of the old noverec1 wagon Jays in the American West. ·

VIJhat happens, of course, is tb.o.t for days [.U1d sornetimes for weeks or months the infantry bats its head against tho onuny wr1ll of men and machines, then there are sip;ns th[~t the wall is crack-:ing and they send in nrmor. Sometimes the armor is stoppod, as it was IT'. My times before tho Roer was crossed, and usually it hns tough going when they first.send it i:h, but finally the wall cracks wide opo:r. anJ. then it is like the Indian warfare oi' the covered wagon days.

That is what it romi:ndecl you c;f, anyway, back in Prr:mc~ and Belgium and what it reminds you of novr o.s you stand on n. nruccd hill and watch the armor rcll aero ss Westphalia. Po.r dovm across the l'olling fields to the r:tc;ht lt is a long, thin lino of rtlmost indistingUit:Jhable V<Jhicles, almost hi(k!.on in their OvVTl SWirlinG yellow dust, and beyond are the bluo-:::~ray hills and here :mel thore the blue smok~ is rising from what lYJ.ir;ht hnve been burning wagons, but are burning tanks or a lone burninc bui.lding instead.

vVhen the tanks move out, they r:~ove out like tho wa[sons did, too. They move out with their scout~l in front ~:·f' tllum and even as in the old days the job cf a scout :l.s ono of the;; toughest in this war.

Both had eonsidorablo enemy forces to overcome when they began. Both have smnshed through these forces at a spuud rn.rely pnrD.llelod in military history.

We attacked in the vicini t~,.- of tho town o:r Siogen and now dominate ~oy positions arcund it. Rer.mantr. of po.nzor divi.sions numbering ten to fifteen thous:md nre in the pocket onclosod ly..;· t 1 Hodges-Brndley pincers and have so for made no serious at·compt to break out.

Genero.l Maurice Roset s 3rd Armored task-forcps two dr:,p3 r.~.-'>) advanced the incredible distance of ninety milea in one ch~· , wJ d. f· is probably a record for any arm.ored clrivo,

The confusion n.nd paralysis in the 0llGm:yt s ranks may bu judged from thu fact that at one moment an inftmtry di visic,n lD•~ . exposed flnnk thirty miles in longth. With onom'J· troc•ps all along that flnnl~, tho Hun was UUf',blo to r,nustor h:ts mon soc.n enough to pass through the gaps. Itts too lnto new,

Monty end BracU ey have forced the horso.shoe of stt.1ol r·.rotmrl the Ruhr. Hodges' nen a:r•e fighting along Napoleon's battl,:; truil L Itts still an even bot as to which nrms will bo fir8t to bo in position tc make the stri-J.iEht run to Berlin, l!;V0ryono asks: "Heard anything about the Russi.n.ns st::::.rtinG to move?"

This tank column has been :r.10ving nlmost continuously f(,r an average of 17 hours claily for five days. 'l'he only tine i~ stoppe was to fight. The men took turns slooping in thoir t~m.ks and "· trucks along tho roarl. •ro while nvvn.y tho wero;y hours of tl•nvoling some :men rigged blr...nketr: up over them :tn the cpen trucks r:.ncl played poker unclerneath • .

Despite the rush to the pl::dn scme units nwrwgcd. to pnus e long enc ugh to hold Easter Divine services. out.~i cl o tlw officers mess in thl.s unit, pl:l.rked on the rcr.dsi cle, the c~_terer chnlked orJ a board today: "Speclal Easter Breckft:tst - Two Fr•osh B1 ~gs. 1 t Wo didntt believe the notice hut it was true. We oach had two o :~ :_-:;s from a largo stock wh:i.eh tho (jnemy hrtd r.~.bnndone'J in farnihuuses.

one uf tho r.u,st clnngercus jobs in this clriv.:; is that of' tho liaison off'icer. If ho tnkos .a wrong turn or oven if he tnkos th, right road, ho is lin.blo to be cut oi'f by SS units attn.cki:ng the road'S frJm. the v1eods. •J:lheso nttucks are putting fewur us wu advance. Tho safust people np her0 are the men doing tho fi e;htin~~ because they are all :I.n c;oocl, thickly-armored ta..'1.ks. our losseo have been small. The onemy' s obstruction is nnworthy uf nu.n10 o:r rearguard action.

It was an extraordinary scene at Niodcrmnrbu.r·:=s r1t ~-...tic'n 'when our tanks began shooting up a train from Berlin. Sintl!'tly d.r•essed women shook with terror. Accompanied. by thoir staff-officer husbands, they hnd believed al'l Goobbols stories ubcut thu Allied spearheads having been ttaru1ihilateJ 11 , .snd when tho·J· took the train to Marburg, they thought they wo:r (-; ho f1ded fc.r o. quiet rural atmosphere far from the war. 'fhe stnf'f officers \•.rtwe aJ.l in their immaculate uniforms. There wns an East0r holiday atmosphere. "It's a great shock to us" was all the:t· couLl scy.

the crisn-crossins of rod and whit~ tracer bullets in the dark.

If you n.t ho111.0 are tryinc to pictu:r..:. wh<.1t thi~J is like here whon you read that l:Jnerican to.rJcs n.ro runnin::~ wild in tho Roich, think of movies you have seen like 11 The CovcrEH). Wo.r:-cn" ar~d "Buffalo Bill."

---------------------------·-----------··-·-·--Iris Carpenter on "Lucky" Roso

Slain By Boy Trocpers as He Lo\ilforod Hands

WITH THE 1ST ARMY, April 3 - Nothing insiclu or cutsLle nRo sots Bag" - fc,r, as far as any one rn an should be crodi tocl fl :r the bag, it should be the com1·nf'.nder who made the ·~l'01ltust r'r!' H r il history zip it shut - concerns troops· mt:.ssed a!'CUnd it t (• cl. r,y SC>

much us the news that Rose is (lead •

. ttLucky" Hosots luck has broken Rt last. Ji.t 6 otcloch: last Friday night liffaj Gen Haurice Ros&1 commander of the 1'c.mon8 spourhea.d armored division; w~ts shut by schcc•J. troops of ·thu Westphalian ss.

At that t:lme his armored cclUPJns weru threo miles :.r sc} from Paderborn on their way to muking that spectacular link-up with thv 2d Division of the Oth Arm;;· to cut off 4000 sqnoru Miles uf tho Ruhr and all it contains.

Task Force WE-lborn and Task Forco Doa:n, ccmvor1~:tn ~~ (.;n one town, had run into stiff opposition fr om two · S~J ·.Uvi sic,ns. fr cm the Nc.zi school at Pa.derborn which is n. fam e.· us rc;fi ttint~ r:nd trJ.tirdng center for German troops.

These boys - young f::mn~ics, 16 to '1'7 ycr.._r8 c f ne e, wul'O equipped with bazookas mounted on tanl:s on wbich they learned tho theory of armored w'll'fare and wore thun sent ctit to . practice in their firnt real battle on a field thoy know as wt:ll ns you knew the view from your dininc; room window.· They e;ot repurts of tw9 -tank columns racing tuwnrds th0m over r olling, hilly cc unt:ry · · clumped here and there with pine forests and they _ di SJ:.'ersoJ their tanks in those pine f orests with observation over roads aml open country across which our armor was approncldng.

one group get intc• c_ fierce fight with Lt Col Welbi:<rn' a col·umn which was taking tho easternrno st routo. Anotlwr o·o·u:;) Wf.ltcht;; Col Leander Doant s tank c~_, lumns going by ond thon opened fire on the following trucks, wipinc out a n'Ul'tbor• of thcrn so th[:~t l). ; nn

he.d to send his tcnks bacl( to clunn them up •

Gon Rose got all this over the ro.dio, Dnd then, c.s is his

A scoutin~ eroup usually consists of a poop, which is w~at tho armored r~uys ca.ll a jeep, and ono or two lil?)lt, fast voh~cles called scout cars ond roconno.issance co.rs, ru1.d, of course, tho ( ~uys who ride in them. The job of the guys who ride in thom is ~ot to fight the enemy, but to find out if hu is there, n.:ncl all there is between them and the reconno.issnnco (~roup which follows is a radio link.

The reconnaissance unit is made up of lisht tonks, reconnaissance cars and o.rn:oroc.l half-tracks. Their job, if the on.UJ.11y is found, is to feel him L. ut, and, if not, to socurt; briclc;8s tmd crossroads for the main columns.

'When an armored division, such as this Thir~ 1~rrne:ro,l Divlsi starts to roll, it does not roll in one long column, spron.d r·ut in back for eighty-five miles, but in ut lea st throe main columns, coverinG a front from five t o twenty miles across. Each oi these main columns, v.rhich are called comb nt corrnnun·J s, has smaller . combat task forces working, ancl between all those units thoro always is some enemy, and often a lot.

That is what makes this resemble Indian warfare - tho p o ssib1 presence of tho enemy in every woods and behind every hill. Tha t is why no tank, no truck, no half-track, n o jeep ever is entirol~ safe, once the infnntr-:,r hns mo.de the bronkthrou e;h ['.ncl the tanks ' have started to roll.

Travelins with one column, usually in tho contor, is the heart of the division, tho divisional he ndqunrtors. Theso nrc the officers o.n cl the men with the bi t~ map b onr ,l s and tho filos and tho typewriters and the ki tchcn equipment l o['_-l cd in tho half-tracks ::mel a few trucks and tho j ~.- ups, :1n d yet v'ith fT1

armored divisicn ov0n tho heudquarter s is c·nly tomrJo r aril y s afe, because no one ever knows wherf-:;; tho E:.nemy will. try t o brtn~lc thro u or where he is lettine; the tnnks pass t o gG t r. t tho f orce s bohin ~.'

That is the way an armorocl divisiun movu s from clmm to Jusk and sometimes late into tho night. Sometime s f er hc urs and some; times for days on e unit or one column will be cut l)ff from tho others and often t h e wh ole Jivision i s cut off from t .he rest of · the alli ed worl d .

And s o , when you r oad that. ill11 eric nn armor is rtinnine; wild in the Reich, clon 1 t f or go t thc,t everywh ere aro two or three or four tanks in a viciou s battle n.ncl t h nt if you wert; in one ta.rg you woul d find it cliff icul t t u toll the k ids there that the war is almost over anJ tha t t ho Germans ar c licked . Don tt f or get, either, the liais on officers, the wire men, nnd t ho supply men who arc riding, usua.lly alone, trying t o keep tht:;su un.it s lined into one.

\Vhen, sometimes during the day, but usually n o t until ni ;:~ht, the columns rest, they rest like the waeons di cl . Somov,rhorc they pull into a field, not exnctly in a circle, but in mcru of a hollow square, then the men sle ep in t heir t anks or half-tr acks, or beside them, and thoro arc o thor s who stay awake, Len d v ery oftG!l all are awakene d an d thor o i s the r attle of small arms and

His mon admired him, believed in him nnd wore prou:l cf hi.m a.s they were of thelr divisi'm nnJ. no cr:rm,undor c ,, ulcl ;].s}c cr· c;0t more than that.

I met him first on u hillside in Novc:.mbcr v,rhon his tnnks were fanning out over Duron plo.in. Clamberin:·:; c.. mudr·~y r.tn rl precipitous path to nn observnt:i.on post I liturally bumpod him with my steel helmet. He told me it war3 far forwo.rd oven for him. He describt~d the battle tactics for me thouf.':h, ar:d I novo1• cn11 o d at his command post afterwards without his snying I had hottop cur in nnd let him eive me the battle pictu1~o so I would r. ~ot it ri .' -:rJ.t.

He had a terrible memory ctnd n. groat sense cf hurnol.... 1r.':: Lblt I went to see him o.t Cc logne he c.h;:mandod a full explonr~ti ,~n why the 2d Armored hn.d boen credited for a. crossrcnds victur:1 c1urin;: thu Battle of tho Bulge. ·And because I was with Gon I ... llent s ~eirr' b t~J·wol vos at tho time, he r0mnrkod drylj" that it vw.s t(_, o b .~:::"i I backed the wrone horse tho day before.

Gen Rose wn.s horn in Connecticut in 1899. He i ::1 ma .. T'I'i cd, with a 4-year-old son.

He rose from the ranks. He wen tho Sil vor Sto.r tf1r ue times, fil"st at Ka.ssorino Prss, second r~t Bizertu, whE.ire ho t , ·nk a vvb.icJ throua:h the enemy lines to tho Gerrnnn co:rrunrnd }Jost tc r...r:r•crwo the capi tulntion of the 15th F anzer J.Ji visi on DJ"ld tho thlr'l c:!.ust;ur to the Star· was won the Sicilian cnmpnir:;n when hv spun.rho'.v.lcc1 tho tank attack on the town of Canicatti.

He assumed corr!lnP.r:d t:f tho 3d h.rmorod Div:i.sion iiU ,~ 7, 1944, coming from the 2d Armor{H~. where ho held. H C0' '10Gt comr,:tnnd . Durin(~ the battle of the Bulge where the 2d nnd 3d. Arfl1.orod v:ero cJrJv:1.n[~ togother fer objectives, corrospow~onts oJ .. wc.ys inni:1tod the h·:crodest fight1 ng of tho day was the:. fi ,~ht , \f thu rival J.J.v:i. :3lr. ns tu b,, first into every.town.

Undo!' his corrmend "The Sponrheo.ds 11 ho.ve b;Jcn in tho brenkthrough at st. Lo, in F:1lise Ga.p, in the Soino nivor race to cut off Germans a.t Mons an.:i breach tho Sl el'jfricd Line. His di vi sicn took Roetgen, first tovm captm•ed b~[ tho IO..lius in Gt>rrrwny.

Entering Liege, in Belgium., ho forged ahead as usual with thv forward columns, sendin:; correspondents back to tho re~:...r, uwhore 1 t t s rathE-r sa.fer. 11 -

V-BOMB J?J;.CTOHY CAPTUHED WI1'HOTJT FI\1-H;r Underground Plant Only One in Reich

LAGER DORA, Germony, April 1~~ (Delayed) - .tl.n under 1~round factory end assembly plrtnt, said by slqvo laborers to bo the cnly assembly plant in Germany for V2 bo:nbs, \'i"as cn.pturocl hero lust night without a :f'i[3ht by ~::. tftsk for co frcm th(; 'l1hird Arrnd Di v.

usual custom on these occasions, called ror his joop and hin Aide, Maj Robert Bellinger, to see wh~t was happenins .

Following him in a halrtrack went several other ofriccrs of his stafr. They were to see what was holding up Welborn, :md thor , cross from him to see Doan.

They found themselves in the middle or fierce tank fire from four or five Nazi tanks in a pine clump overlooking the read, and set off across country to rind Doan, only to bo caught under riro again rrom a Tiger tank lurking in the next pine clump.

1;. Tiger tank is no subject for anyone, even with the leonine courage of Gen Rose, to argue with. He and his party surrendered and received orders from a young Nazi who stood up in the turret to hose a verbal stream upon tham.

Gen Rose, thinking ho was being ordered to give up his arms, reached to slip his pistol holster from his should0r, whereupon the tonk irnmedi 8tely opened fire on the party vh o , with the ex-.. ception of their general, who was shot twice through the head, •t "• took to the ditch. ·

It was the rirst holdup Rosots column had since breaking through tho heavily defended belt east or the Rhine. Their attacY. jumped off Sunday, March 25, at dawn. All the way t o Altonkirchm resistance was rugged. Little did I know, as I waited for the lirting of the security blackout so we could toll the magnificent story, that Gen Ro se would never see tho culmination <·f his sweep into Marburg, and on up from thoro to Shear, cl oan aero ss the eastern flank of the Ruhr, to cut off in tho linkup with the 2d Armored at Lipp stadt.

On Monday as we moved up to the next command riost, Gon Hc sc teased me, as he always did, for not writing enou gh about tht: 3d Armored, and said that this time I had bettor come ~ th thorn because they'd bo moving much too fast for me to catch up with the story.

Jack Thompson, o f the Chicago Tribune, Bunny Austin uf the Sydney Morning Herald, Bill Heinz of the New York Sun, Tom Henry of the Washington Star, Gordon Fraser of the Blue Network and Andy Hooney c f the Stars and Stripos, did go. It was frcm them, when they roturno cl on Saturday t o file their stories, we hear d of the General t s death. · ·

Jack Thompson sai d that never in his experience hns there been such ail armore d drive. They did 101 miles in .:;no day, Hose had to beat his ovm record acro ss Franco - nnd that t ook some doing.

More than any other gon or al I havo como t o kne w on the Western Front in those past eight months, Maurice Ho se personified tho qualities of leadership . Very much a man, ho was six feet tall with broe.d shou::Ld 0rs, brown eyes nncl a h r;.r d mo uth c.cro s~ which smiles flickere d without softenin,s very much.

SS guards ond most of the 22,000 forced workers left a week ago after bombc.rdmon.t nf the town by the .l1Jnor:i.cr...n. air f ol"co.

One of thu slave laborers who returned to nwa.it thu ill'!1Cr5.cnns was Eddie, a 34-year-old Fr~nchman who liVt.h"t 22 yonrs in Levvronce, Mass. He told the complete story.

The factory consists o f throe tunnels, each a k1.loJ11ot.;;:l~ \J.r.:. op , into mountains and oach bi r,ger than tho Holland Tunn~l :tn No'1" ~~·· ·., rJ:.; There are 42 connecting tw1nels.

Work on the tunnels started nonrly six years Ll.;.:;c :~n ·J. V2 1 l 'r duction got .under way Se~) t 3, 1~~43. P :.trts f or V2 b u'·"'.b s : m'~ c,,, ·j_ ;

were brour:ht from Hanover, Dresd en and other citi. e~~ . V-L·cr:•; n :i.e• hero nre complete except :Cor the war-head which Wll3 attc~chod. n c rJl' the launchin~ site.

Trn:i.ns backed into the tunnels: Tho tunn(;l systc::;rn lwc1 li :';ht, power, and evon public address systoms.

Eddie said it t ook 12 tG 14 h <! urs t o ns s GYd Jlo n. V2. .!i.Luut six n. day wer o completed . Production of Vls was faster.

Until last Mny workurs wore. never allowod. out s l <t e. rrhey wero on 18-hour sb.ifts nrd tho n o vvho faltercH1 or faint e d woro b~ateh and. whipped. SS guur:l.s mur d er8d 2:::: Irton ~~t on e t:imo l:y hanging them. This vm s n -:1 t punishmont - only n.H ex~plo.

As the tides 01' war turnocl against Gcrrna.rr;;·, th0rc 3!'o8 o within the factory a group of Gorm·:ms knc wn t o t lF) nl av0 workers n s Blacks. rl1hey be g an to troat the sl o.vos 111.0 r u c c ns:i.-lcrotoly.

SS men and others who i:nsi stcd on brut f'li t:l 1NO~'<; lrrv:~ im-; n.n Reds because of the bl0ocl they shed.

In May the Blacks obtuinvl outsi d e b ;:~rr r ·.cks f or s1 'tVe ln.b()rers and conditions improved a gre c.t doc.l al thou 1~h th.ero wcrG stil} ei.:;ht to ton dying p er Jay from maJ.nutri tion cmd. boatihc; s.

A tour of tho tunnels sh owed th0usroF~S of V2s in tho J ast stag e of production. Chomber after chrunhor was fille<~ w:I.th engines or fuel tanks or tail as s embly.

· Before SS nnd sl ave laborers marched r.:.way, guards sup0rvised evacuation of much machint::?ry and destructi c-n u f s ome of tha rest. However, many r1achines arc in worlcinc.~ or dor.

USUALLY ;IT' 3 TANKS BU'r Tf.l'.JEPHONE DI'D 'rUE JOB ':eHL3 'Ul'ii.E

WITH THIHD ARMD. DIV. - CJ..o o.ring a t c wn b -;{ t c l q:hon o i :') the easy way to do it. Dtu"ing it s t hru s t t c, t he n urth t c· encircle the Ruhr Valley, the t33rd Recon Bn c cq~.tured t'li.rc t c vms which were cleared in this manner.

'.[!he division C·'Jm."Jland.er f'.l1d SENern.l r ... fficers o.nd J.!lj W8l't:)

sto.nding in tho mayor's office o.t Husen, GerMnny, when thE- telephone rang. S/Sgt Gernld s. Schc.chne, cf new Y:>l"k, l;icked up tho received ru1d answered in Germ~~.

Strangely onvu0h, he was ta.lkine tu tho loc c'l tr(c:J:-' S' CO in Henglo.rn, a ne:1rl;y to-wn on tho r c ute of tho advaJlco. Undol' the e;uidnnce of the Generc..l, Schachno posocl o.s the mayor ,Jf Hn::,cn nJ·.c~ learned what forces w0rc in Henglarn, toL:t thorn of the impundln, ~ dan:.:;er. 8-'1'1d advised the town to be clec:.red c,f' alJ. Germn.n trc cps i_tt once.

A search of the place then uncovered a list of tulephcnc numbers. This ti:me pc.sinr; as a colonel from · Germnn .!,rrrr;y-, Gp D, the sergeant called tho locnl tl:•oops' CU1""JJ:nnndor vf Attoln, tho next town, succeeded in learnin:; troop strength ancl di:Jposition, and gave a direct order to evacunte 1?.11 tho troops tc: tho rerx.

How successful tho sergeant was, can. only l.J o est5_matod, but no organized resistnnce w~s met in tho nE;.x.t two t c· wns.

THEDAILYWASHINGTON MERRY-GO-R<JlJND

By DREW PEARSON War Department Hopes Supplies Will Keep Up With FastMoving Western Front; Supply Failure Has Been Fault of Army, Not Home Front; Attorney General Biddle Can't Sleep.

Hear Drew Pearson Over KRMD Every Sunday From 6:00 to 6:15 P. M.

Washington.-Over in the Penta· the invasion which never will be gon building, the military problem used. which the generals are watching Some day the Mead committee and worrying llbout most today is may dig out tile real facts as to supplies. Actually it's not the pro· whether the supply breakdown was duction of supplies on the home actually the fault of the home· front which so much concerns the front-as maintained by the war army, but getting them from the department last fall. If so it will channel ports to the fast-moving make interesting reading, western front. If gasoline, bread * * * and bullets can keep up with the Night-Walker Biddle. tanks and armored cars of Generals A young man with a radio In his Patton, SII~pson and Hodges, then car drove up to an apartment house not much m the way of German in Washigton called Dumbarton resistance is expected. courts-not far from Dumbarton

But the inside fact is that Oakes. He parked the car went during Patton's last lightning into the apartment where h~ lived, advance he ran out of gas and undressed, and went to bed. supplies; and ~e stayed out of Maybe he was drunk, maybe he gas and supplies for 12 long was deaf. Anyway, he left his radays. He was powerless to dio on-and loud. There it sat move. That was· the turning blaring away into the night. ' point in the war last year. The house next to DumbarT.hia ltitilerlo---untold ch.pter f 1:on courts is the residence of

the western front campaign oc- the attorney general of the cur;ed in September, after Pat- ' United States, Francis Biddle. ton s s·pectacular tank dash across The attorney general was in France to the edge of Germany. bed-asleep. But he was awak· !t reveals one of ~he sore spots ened pronto. So were other m the European ~~~ture and one members of his family. Nobody rea_son why the mJl_Jtary schedule, will testify as to what Mr. Bid· wh1ch called for VIctory last au- die said, but the chances are tumn, got sidetracked. it was unprintable.

General Patton, whom the But what he did was much more Germans fear most, had been effective. He put on a robe over rushed out ahead and wa~ be- his pajamas, walked out on the ing u~ed as a decoy to divert street, reached into the car and atte~t10n fr?m the 1·st and 9th switched off the offending radio. arm1es, wh1~h were scheduled As he crawled back into bed the to mass agamst the more vul· attorney general of the United nerable northwest German bor- States probably remarked "there der. _But Patton ran out ?f ought to be a law against things gasol~ne, .and . had . to wa1t, like that!" chewmg h1s na1ls, w1th empty * * * fuel tanks. M' • St 'k v t General Eisenhower or d ere d rners rr e o e.

mountains of supplies sent direct On the day the strike vote was from the United States. But a!- taken among the bituminous coal though civilian production at home miners, the national labor relations got the blame, the real bottleneck board paid $35 a day to students was not in the United States, but of the University of West Virginia, with the entire distri·bution sys- both men and co-eds, to stand at tern in France. In fact, this has the mouth of the mines and take been the subject of drastic inside the vote in the Morgantown area. investigation by top generals in The government also furnished the Pentagon building. transportation.

• • * The college students worked a Red Ball Highway. 12-hour day; but even so, some

In the last war, U. S. transpor- of them felt they were overpaid. tation in France was under w. w. T~e ballot they asked the mmers Attel"bury, president of the Penn- to. Sign as . t~.ey came ?ut of the sylvania railroad. In this war, m~nes re~d. Do .You WISh to pertransportation and supply distri- mit . an .mterruptwn of war probution have been kept under pro- du.ctw~ m ~.~rtfme as a result of fessional army men. Instead of re- this dispute· cruiting railroad and trucking ex- The mo fneers around Mor• perts, two West Pointers, Lieut. gantow ed ."yes," 8. to, 1. Ac· Gen. John Clifford Hodges Lee tual any of them d1dn t want and his deputy, Brig. Gen. Royal to e. th~t way, but on the other B. Lord, took over the job. ha~d dldn t want to.let down their

Criticism of supply has been chief, John L. Lew1s. such inside the anny that Gen· (Copyright, 1945, by the Bell ral Marshall ordere er· Syndicate. Inc.}

"ew Battle Llke Cowboy-Indian War~

Roving German Tanks Cause Chaos . By HAL BOYLE

IN BELGIUM, Dec. 25.- (If')(Delayed) -This new battle for Belgium is cowboy and Indian warfare on a grand scale.

It is the reverse o! our own victory 9ver the retreating Germans in this small country last September. Then it was the American cavalry which stabbed over highways and byways to catch, trap, surround and destroy the fleeing Nazi columns.

"It was great fun then-but It isn't much fun when the enemy is trying to do the same thing to you," ~ored_t:n~mander told....me w ie Iy !1: few :·~· 'ftwashiS7oll1mander who ham

mered th!t Nazis to ujeces at Mo~ and shredded column after colum of Germans running for the phantom shelter of the Siegfried line. He knows from experience how much damage and punishment Hitler's armor can inflict if it is permitted t.o rove unchecked.

A tank break-through such as the wedge driven into the American line by the Germans causes unbelievable chaos.

The fluid fighting in this contested area's vast no-man's-land is not unlike that of the unsettled American west in its wilder days. You never know down what lane or out of what wood will come a charging band of marauding "redskins." Only these "Indians" ride 40 to 60-ton tanks instead of ponies and slug with high velocity 88 mm. guns instead of rifles.

There isn't just one great field of fighting. There are scores of smallscale engagements. F..a.ch cros.sroad is a potential battle ground. A town may be held by the enemy in the morning, be abandoned by noon and be regained by nightfall.

Only when one army succeeds in trapping or pocketing large forces of the enemy is there likely to be more than 50 tanks in any one / action. Rather than commit large stocks of irreplaceable armor to gain any one point, the Nazis choose to send out numerous explo~tory C9lumns to find a weak

spot to exploit. If such a column of five to 20

tanks, with supporting infantry, and ack ack and mobile guns, hits a crossroad~; which is too strongly defended, it just bounces back, circles around and tries another point. When it does find a lightly held town or road intersection, it seizes it and spears forward again with another tentacle.

Following a c 1 a s s 1 e ,illilitary theory, these columns seeK: always

to join up with each other in a the audacity of its conception and "pincers movement." Then they its initial success. It didn't deliver constrict and destroy everything a killing punch. It only disrupted caught between them. Only when the Allied drive. That may have it is unavoidable do these columns delayed the end of the war a few lock in knockout head-on battles. months, but it hasn't in any way They prefer a war of movement be- ~"ffected the eventual outcome. cause they realize they haven't the The Indians lost the battle for l;eserves and military stamina to the American west because there stand up against the Allies in an weren't enough of them and they all-out fight. didn't have what it takes. The

That's what dooms the German German scalp may soon hang for break-through to f::..:a:::.il::..:u:::.re:::•:........::d::..:e.::sp~i=te__:t:::.h=ts=-=s::cam=e~r::.cec..cascco~n~._

Stars and Stripes Map by Baird First and Third Armies close the gap between them as Germans

retreat out of the collapsed Belgian bulge.

3rd Armd. Builds Bridge in Dark

WITH THIRD ARMD. DIV.-The daily ~ommunique mentioned a small armored advance in that sector, but to the men of the diVision's Engr. platoon it represented sweat and blood around a little bridge near Langlir. Even their own American infantry fired on them but this was quickly r ectified. , • Retreating Germans had blown the bridge to slow the division's attack, and·l it was necessary to rebuild it if the Americans were to maintain their initiative. A

·platoon under Lt. Clarence C. Buckley of Kansas City and S / Sgt. Uoyd Jacobs of Frazee, Minn. took on the job in complete darkness.

A squad led by Sgt. Richard Scearcy of Augusta, Kan. and Cpl. Claude Looney

·of Cowan, Tenn., cleared the rubble-litter_ ed roadway and bridge approaches of land mines. Another squad, led by Sgt. Ralph Wiley of Orlando, Fla. and Cpl. Henry FeraPro of East Patterson, N.J., installed the bridge approaches. The last squad, led by Sgt. Hugo Mach of Sioux City, Iowa, and Cpl. James Tretter of Philadelphia, actually installed the finished 24-foot bridge.

Three of Mach's squad were wounded and evacuated during the operation-but the mission was accomplished. And the ,._j;tackini l'U'UlOr rolled forward,

U.S. COUNTERATTACK SLOWS NAZIS

AS NAZI ARMIES still probed and punched along the northern flank of their offensive into Belgium, an American counterattack is reported to have slammed back German armor that had reached Celles (inset map), just eight miles from the northern bulge of France. Meanwhile, American armor broke through to relieve the trapped Bastogne garrison. The present Nazi positions place them about 150 miles from Paris and, at one strongpoint, approximately 85 miles from Antwerp (large map),

tecic Allied snonlv nort in Belgium (International)

.Bulge Drive No Setback

PARIS, Jan. 20--The German '\VInter o!fen~lve in the Ardennes, plaimed by both Hitler and Field Marshal von Rundstectt, has not seriously impeded

. Allied plans and preparations for Ntttre operation& against Germany, SHAEF's Operations Division announced last night. 1

SltAEF estimated the enemy lost 120,000 men, of· which' 80,000 were killed or seriously wounded and 40,000 captured.

All.led forces In the Bulge destroyPd more than 600 German tanks, four Panzer dlvlslons were smashed and four more Panzer or Panzer-Grenadler divisions were badly beaten up. One Parachute division was destroyed £.!ld eight Volksgrenadter dlvlMlons cut to less than half strength.

The SHAEF Operations statement said that half of the German air units employed In the Ardennes battles became casualties whlle Alllet.. air losses were one per cent of the total sorties dispatched.

Supreme Headq1.1arters also revealed that the Nazls used a complete armorild com,bat command dressed in U.S. uniforms and equipped with A:- · er'tcan tanka to spread confusion.

Von Rundstedt threw In the Fifth and! the Seventh German Army, SHAEP said. These tncluded eight Panzer divisions, two Panzer brigades, two Panzer-Grenadler divisions, two Farachute divisions and 13 Volksgrenad!er Infantry dlv!siona.

The enemy objectives were to reach the Meuse River 1n two days, cross It at the L!ege-Namur sector, and by threatening Allie!l lines of comrrmnlcations, force American trooJ)8 to withdraw from the Aachen sector. Von Rundstedt then hoped to drive to Antwerp, cutting off Allied torc.es 1n Belgium and Holland.

Rolling Bath House Follows 3d Division 1

. . I WITH THE 3RD ARMORED their trailer to units holding the

Division, Germany.-In ·a huge line and offered a brief respite old Belgian villa along the icy to dust-saturated tankers and 1·oad which led through the bat- infantry. A land-office business tered town to the battle zone, a followed for "Showers on medical battalion of the Third wheels, Inc." At Gorron, in Armored "Spearhead" Division France, Iacovelli counted 1,375 set up a portable shower-bath men passing through his vehicle ;for the express use of front line .in one day! Tankers' morale troops. weont s:Ky-high with each new

When the front advances, so unveiling of the portable showdoes the shower-bath, for it is er. constructed in a bulky trailer In order to reach the men who and designed to follow the spear need hot water most, St. Martin head. and his gang crowd the front

Tankers and infantrymen o! lines. As a result the rolling the Third Armored Division ar- bath-house has come under fts rive weary and caked with the full share of shell fire. A steel mud of action: leave refreshed fragment · pierced the radiator and tingling after the luxury of on a hill overlooking St. Lo, and a watm shower. The portable at Ranes-Fromental, where the appartus constructed and main- Third Armored drove straight Lained by htree men of this· med- into the mad-as-hornets, corical battalion is doing a noble nered el!;ments of von Kluge's job of philanthropy. Seventh Army, the crew derived

The three are: Sgt. Phillip St. a modicum of amusement in Martin, of Grand Rapids, Mich., watching a tough major of ArTec. 4 Anthony Iacovelli, of mored Force dash to a foxhole Bristol, R. I., and Tee. 4 Mer- as bare as a Texas jay-bird! lin A. Heineman, of Cochran, Camouflage sometimes proved Wis . . When their company com- a problem, as much to shield the mander, Capt. Floyd M. Jack- shower-bath from curious and :son, of Portsmouth, ·Ohio, acting unblushing French women as on the order of Lt. Col. Charles from German observers who are L. Steyaart, of Lyons, N. Y., always eager to throw a few called the three to ap reliminary shells into the area. Strict track discussion, back in the days discipline was required of viswhen St. Lo was still "a million iting vehicles and a maximum hedgerows a•vay," the future of one platoon of men, waiting shower appartus was on the TIE for places in the shower, was as a delousing tr11iler. In view allowed near the front. ·

St. Martin, Heineman and Iacovelli live with the trailer. They cook their own food, us,: ing 10-in-1 rations. On special occasions, meals are delivered by the battalion. The crew is therefore always on hand to provide hot water and service for Gis fresh off the fighting line. Iacovelli's accurate tallies show that the shower truck has catered to more than 150,000 troops in the field, to date.

Upon finding a position, the trailer can be set up and operating within 20 minutes. Installation in a building takes slightly longer.

This unit was the first shower apparatus in Germany with Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose's Third Armored Division which was first to seize and hold Nazi home ground.

Although the shower on wheels is a "Spearhead" division vehicle, it isn't at all partial. Everybody is, and has been, welcome. Doughboys, tankers, engineers, and thousands of men from various outfits have been handed a bar of soap and ushered into the rapid-fire assault of streaming needlepoints of hot water.

St. Martin grins and says: "Hell, we've had 'em all-from generals down to guys like us. They all get dirty in this war and they all appreciate a read honest-to-God shower."

of the fact .that there had been-~============~============ surprisingly little trouble from lice in the European campaign, the colonel decided to conved the trailer to the offices of clean liness, St. Martin, Iacovelli, and Hei~eman went to work imme- ' dlately.

The finished show<>r unit was a three-ton trailer with attachments for pumping and heating water. A col1;1p:;ibk showerhead made it possible fer 12-men at a time to enjoy ·warm water, an Amedcan institution.

Duck boards were constructed I and, in order to keep straight with the AR's, Heineman pro-

- duced a foot bath as well. The I ur1 ~ep of the machinery, which runs Qn an average of 14 hours a day, requires constant attention, but all three men of the crew are mechanics. Although the Belgian winter was bitterly cold, showering Gis often gri)ed that the water was too hot!

The shower-bath on wheels . has been in constant operation l since July 6, 1944. Ll France I before the breakthrough, St~ 1

Martin and ~is crew dragged [

Lone Nazi

Tank .4nnihilates 125 • tn Six Hours Vehicles

WITH THE . THIRD ARMORED DIV. - When 1/Lt. Vernon G. Dingley turned his Sherman tank, the "Eliminator," loose on a 125-vehicle German column in a six-hour onslaught recently, he not only "eliminated" the column-

\

e annihilated it! ' Dingley, with the support or one

c.ther tank, had been ordered to 1ntercept and destroy the fleeing enemy convoy, while the rest of the Thnd Armored went on to knife througP the Nazi lines. Moments after he left his unit, he spotted the Jerry column, and, under the cover of the second tank, ripped up and down the road until the breech of the tank cannon was blistering hot, firing with everything he and his crew had.

When Nazi resistan~e ceased, almost six hours later, the ·oact looked like Hell's main highway._ Tallying his kill, Dingley found that the "Eliminator" had smashed five 170mm artillery pieces, an BOmm high-velocity gun, and more than 100 other vehicles. Some of the Germans manning the convoy had escaped, but most of them lay sprawled dead, along with their artillery horses, beside their smoking vehicles.

1st Unit To Crack . Siegfried Line United States First Army Head

quarters. Oct. 2 (JP) - The hardhitting United States Third Armored Division was the first American outfit to crack a way through . the Siegfried Line, it was .officially .announced today.

At the same time it was disclosed I r that the United States Ninth In

fantry Division, which was the first I to slice across the Cherbourg pe

-ninsula, also was among the first American units to smash through the ~iegfried Line.

First Infantry Unit In Reich . (It was disclosed yesterday that '

the United States First Infantry Division was the first infantry outfit to enter Germany. Elements of an armored division moved onto 1

German territory first.) The battle-tried veterans of the

k-rth, who fought in Morocco, Tunisia and Sicily, also cleaned up Chateau Thierry and stormed across Belgium before forging ~ path th-rough riitier's West Wall defenses September 14, during almost 85 consecutive days in the line.

' It has been moving steadily since it helped spearhead the crackthrough at St. Lo and Perriers last .July 25 which decided the battle _of France.

Saved by Hot Seat "I Don't Wanna," a Third Ar·

mored Division tank commanded by S/Sgt. Oliver Garner, or Trenton, Tex., opened up on a Jerry 20mm. anti-aircraft gun dug tn along a roadside. The crew got a direct hit and t·he gun was de· stroyed, but two of the crew members somehow escaped death and sprmted for a nearoy wood.

Garner was about to draw a bead, but he started laugnmg and could not aim. The seats of the escaping Nazis' pants were aflame!

* * * Rougher Thall War T/5 George Pzepiora, ot Dor

chester, Mass., taught all the way /rom Normandy to the Siegfried Lzne with the Third Armored ··spearhead" Divileion -and didn't get a scratch. The other day he got mixed. up in a company football game, and now he has a bandaged nag. gin.

Nazi llljiltration Sgt. Morns A. Ko1and, ot Karl

stad, Minn .. and the Third Armored Division, has taken a hint from hopeful old .maids-and now he Jooks under his bed <or reasonable

facsimile thereon· each night oefore retiring.

One night. while helping to ormg the blitzkneg oack to the land •.lf it.<; birth. Koland pulled into ~

French field after travelling more than 70 miles. posted guards ·md h.t the sack in a handy ditch.

Next morning. when he tried to rouse his crew at dawn, he found four German soldien sharing the same ditch.

Hodges Gets Award WI'l'H· THE F1IRST U.S. ~. BEl

GIUM, Jan. .20.-Lt. Gen. 0ma.r N. Bl'llchley, ,commanding the 12th U.S. Army Gp., _Friday pinned an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Distinguished Service -Medal on Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges, commander of the Flrs_t Army. Tbe award was given Ho<lges for directing the First Army's bri!Ua.nt drive froJll Normandy, across Fra.nce, Luxembourg, Belgium and Holland through the Siegfried Line from June 6 to Sept. loi. Bradlev t~ok the occasion to pral.lle Hodges and ·•Is staff for t.l).e manner ID which Von Rundstedt's .Ardennes offensive had been stopped.

They Got Up Effective but not popular is the

method T/5 LeonaTd Weaver, Albany, N.Y., has of alerting other drivers in his Third Army Division company. While Weaver was walking guard around half-tracks, a

German phosphorous snell set one afire. Turning his tommy-gun .. > ward the room in which his comrades were sleeping, he sprayed .he window with .45-cal. shells, then raced for the fire extinguisher. He soon had help.

:(. !!(. :(.

While on the line of depa.rtu.re for a nig1ht attack with the Third Armd. "Spearhead" Division, three men of the ~t'bh 1~1rmd. Int. Regt. were told that they had been awa~rded pasBes to Paris, effectrve Immediately. The lucky ;Joes were: l&t Sgt. iJohn if. Ahearn, of Two Rivers, Wise., T/Sgt. ltobert A. Schmidt, of Clinton, Iowa, a.nd SjSgt. Leonard Weidner, Arltngton Hts., lll.

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NEW MEXICO SOLDIERS FIGURE IN WARFARE IN GERMANY

Fighting in Germany after spearheacijng through northern France and Belgium with the First Army of Lieut. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges are several Albuquerque men among a score of New Mexicans attached to the Third Armored Division, and another group of Jocal and state men are in a railway battalion which has succeeded in sending supply trains to the armies in the field.

Lieut. Col. William R. Orr, 121 South Stanford, and Capt. Robert S. Hix, 2005 East Silver, are among those of the Third Armored Division in Germany, along with Pfc. Julian Sanchez, 1824 West Marble; Pvt. Jose I. Garcia, Route Three; Pvt. Lloyd Har-

lwood Jr., and Pvt. Joe G. Lucero, Route Two, all of Albu-

lquerque.

Albuquerque men in the rail-

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way battalion include Pvt. Teodosio J. Garcia, 211 Dan Avenue; Pfc. Philip B. Duran, 1405 North Eighth; and Pvt. Charlie Carter, 1921 South Broadway.

Other New Mexicans in the Third Armored Division advancin in Germany are: Sgt. Luther

A. Givins Jr., of. Bayard, Pvt. Herman Gallegos and Pvt. Seferine Lucero of Bernalillo, Cpl. C. M. B. Dysart of Clayton, Pvt. Frank Galassini of Dawson.

Staff Sgt. Neel S. Arnold of Farmington, Pvt. Wellesley M. Townsend of Fence Lake, Pvt. Charles Kezele of Gallup, Cpl. Simon N. Paz of High Rolls, Cpl. Thomas A. Beach of Hurley, Pfc. Moises Gonzales of Llano, Sgt. Ruben Vigil of R-anchos de Taos, I

Tech. Sgt. Joe Antwine and Cpl. ' Pat Tafoya of Raton, Pfc. Ted Bird of San Juan Puebl ..and Pfc. Garland Lyle of Taos. I

Othec New Mexicans in the I' railway battalion include Pvt. Guy E. Maggee Jr., of Adams Diggings, Pvt. Lewis F. Sampson of Arrey, Pvt. Orvil Z. Phillips of Cimmaron, Pvt. Husie F. Cosby Jr., of Corona, Pvt. Hilario N. Rodriguez of Deming, Sgt. Frank D. Hardi..'l of Hagerman, Pvt. Paul 0. Trujillo of Madrid, Cpl. Bennie F. Cass and Pvt. Cecil E. Watson of Roswell, Pfc. Ernesto E. Garcia of Trementina, Sgt. Chester M. Henson of Torrance, and Pfc. Enrique Trujillo of Winston.

I Bath-H o:se My$t:ry When a platoon ofTbirli Armored

Div. infantrymen cleaned the Nazis out of a factory distrkt in Germany. til<:! men discovered that one of the factories had hot and cold running water. Lt. Arthur A. Prieslrorn. of Wayne, Mich., called -a. break ~nd

th ' men started cleanlng several days' dirt off. their bodies.

It was while the looey was Wiping the lather off his face that he began to wonder why the hot water remained con...<:tant. He made a flying

I trip to the basement and found six husky Genn.an soldiers still shovelling in coaL I Nobody told them the Yanks bad taken over.

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MEN OF FIRST ! FIGHT DEEP IN

HEART OF CITY !Troops m 2f Miles of I City·s Great Cathedral; 1 Ninth Army Closes In on

Wesel Pocket.

[By A:ssoclated Pres•

Rheu~dt, Germany, 'March 5.TJ:e.l!mted States Eighth Armored DIVISIOn fought its way Monday into Rheinberg, where the Germans are operating one of their last ferries across the Rhine.

0 0 0 By Assod11ted Press

With United States troops at Cologne, March 5.-American tanks

I and infantry Monday night had broken through the outer defense belts into Cologne and one staff officer estimated that only 1000 German defenders remained in the great industrial city on the Rhine.

, Surrounded by Yank armor and I doughboys, who during the dav

fl had worked their way through the suburbs toward the modern section

[ of Cologne, these. last-ditch battlers were slowly withdrawing into the "alstadt" or "old-town" section of the historic city bordering the

(river. . • 0 0 0

By Associated Presi'l. Paris, March 5.-First Army

·tanks fought a mile deep inside J Cologne Monday night, drivin~ I through the Bickendorf northern

~section within 2% miles of the towering cathedral at the heart of the great Rhineland metropolis.

J Infantry of the 104th Division • moved in from the west and cap-

l ture of German's fourth city was expected by Thursday morning at

I the latest. Tanks and infantry, moving

through acrid smoke eurlinl!' from ruins leveled by a wbf!el-to-wbeel artillery barrage, slowly closed in on tbP. old part of the city. leaving behind rail yards and some of thr vast array of factories.

1 The Germans, hard pressed by I the Ninth Army to the north, nad :blown up all bridges across the ~river from Neuss to Romberg, r suburbs of Duesseldorf and Duis-1 berg, and left only one railroad

I crossing at Wese! in operation. , Ninth Army tanks fought into .:r.Orsoy, 10 miles south of Wesel, :-;.and shelled Germans trying to

ferry the wide and deep river. Other elements moved within two miles of Rheinberg. capturing Lintfort. The Germans were leaving the Wesel pock;et. which is expected to be erased within two da s.

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rollin~ across the city. in 1nC're<J~ing fury as the Amencans closed in for the kill on the eleventh day of their great drive from the Roer River, 21 miles behind.

I To the north, the American \ Ninth Army captured Homberg, a 1 manufacturing we~t bank suburb of Duisburg, and the approaches to two Rhine bridges. Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson's men stood rm

I the Rhine for 15 mile~. and Canadians to the north held Rnot~er 52-mile stretch of the meandenng

, west banks. Germans surrendered by thf!

thousands; the total in the offensive passed 60,000. A black-out was imposed partially on Third Army movements toward Coblenz and the middle Rhine, suggestin~ an imminent break-through ther.e.

t e e r Line Just outside the Saar capital of Saarbruecken, which was under heavy artillery fire. Artillery also was pouring heavy

fire in massed salvos from Amer-1 ican guns wheel to wheel outside 1 Cologne, ringed on all its sides I west of the Rhine. I Cologne, a city of 768,000, is sur

passed in size in Germany only by Berlin (4.332,000), HamburR: (1 ,918,000) and Munich (828,325).

0 0 0 To Save Cathedral.

Smoke rolled up from fire~ and explosions set by bursting American shells. The doughboys inside Cologne caught flashing glimpses 1

through the pall of the slender I 512-foot tower of the- Th1rteenth Century Cathedral. Artillery and troops had been ordered to hold 1

their fire away from the magnifi- ' cent structure.

At 9 a.m., Lt. Col. .John Welborn of Southern Pines, N. C .. had his troops fighting at Longt>rkh on the northern end of the sprawling railway yards of Cologne, one of the greatest rail centers in Europe and the chief traffic center for all

1 Western Germany. l The first column to cross

the city limits from the north wa!l a task force of armor and infantry commanded by Lt. Col. L. L. Doan of Houston, Texas. (Colonel Doan, regular army ?f-

\ficer and graduate of West Pomt Academy, has been overseq.s ·w months,'according to his wife, Mr:=. L. L. Doan, ·who, with their tw? children, lives at 1212 Kenwooa.

. During his service m Europe, ,

I Colonel Doan has been wounded twice, the first time Augu~t 27 in I the fighting near the Seme. He

I was wounded by enemy fire September 4 at the b11ttle ot the Marne. He is the son of Mrs. K. R. Trevor of Syracu5e, N. Y.)

Resistance' from remnants of six tank and volksgrenadier divisions

. was comparatively light on the

I fringe of the city. The Germans had pulled most defenders ~eeper I into the ruins, leavmg anti-tank

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Searcy County Soldier Did Not Like This

I German~s 'Hospitality'

Hq. Third Armored Division ; -Cpl. Jeral M. Hudspeth, of 1 Saint Joe, Arkansas, doesn't r

1oare much for the hospitality I 1 of Jerry. When a German • 1machine-gunner opened up on . the half--track personnel carrier in which the Arkansas,

1 man was riding, he said: "By ~ 1 Gosh, they don't treat visito~·s 1 1 that way in my home town. I !I'm going after that son of a

1.

gun!" I Pinned down by Hudspeth's rapid firing tommy-gun, tb.e . enemy soldier was trapped. • Advancing in short rushes, the 3rd A r m o r e d "Spearhead" ! Division Yank finally g o t · close enough to grab the Kraut ' machine-gun and s h o v e it : safely to one Side.

"Now get out of that hole! " 1 he shouted. l

1 The German, who was ani SS trooper, apparently did not, understand, for he lunged to· I ward his weapon again. ,

Hudspeth fired one more 1 i shot. "That guy," he observed, j I "was a blister on the heel of progress." · ......_..

Trigger-Happy Gunner Gets Pair of Bad Eggs

WITH THIRD ARMD. DIV.-S/ Sgt. Charles -M1ller, o! Di\f;roit, was itching to test-!lre his new .50 caliber machine gun. His tank was on the line but Jerries had not put in an appearance. M1ller

was getting impatient, wnen a couple of : .chickens appeared in Jerry territory.

The platoon sergeant ab' "'' carefully at the chickens and snapg_ed off a short burst, scattering the fowls and at the same time flushing a pair of Nazis from I concealment nearby who ran toward more substantial 'cover.

M!ller really >;eroed his gun then. He didn't get the chickens but he surely got those two ·"bad eggs." Hence, his buddiea J)ainted ~- Mil1er•s gunshtel~yo~ .• ~~s.!!;-, 'ltd Jt !- couple ol egp. • ":

:Peril G-rows asFoeNears . Strashourg

Allies Cut Deeper into Belgium Bulge BY AUSTIN BEALMEAR

PARIS- (AP) -The United States First Army dealt the l Germans a crippling blow Sun-

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day by seizing control of one of their two main supply lines into Belgium.

But the enemy lashed out with five new attacks on the Western Front and pushed armor across the Rhine into France amid reports that Stl'aSbourg was being evacuated by civilians.

As the British-American drive against the northern side of the Belgian bulge expanded to a front of 30 miles and pushed south as much as three miles, the German

' comeback campaj,gn across tae Rhine aDruptly took a graver turn.

* .. * THE GERMAN bridgehead eight

miles north of Strasbourg was reinforced overnight by at least five tanks.

It now is six miles wide and three miles deep. Enemy forces ~ol?in~ Gambsheim. and Offe~dorf

Tanks Raced to Co1ogne To Win a Case of Scotch

By Don Whitehead armor-they grabbed bridgeheads ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF COL- across the Erft before the infan

OGNE, March 5.-(.lP)-The surge try. of First Army Infantry and tanks J-8purred By Case Of Scotch into battered Cologne today proved Rose's orders did not call for

. . , . . that. However, he saw a chance

I the American s?ldters ab1llty to while the enemy was disorganized take a lot of pumshment and come and spurred his tank leaders with back slugging. the offers of a case of Scotch for

The First Army's drive to the the first task force commander to Rhine was spearheaded by Maj. establish a bridgehead. It was a Gen. Terry Allen's 104th "Timber- race between Lt. Col. Samuel Ho. wolf" Infantry division and Maj. gan of Pharr, Tex., and IJt. Col. Gen. Maurice Rose's Third Ar· Walter Richardson of Beaumont, more?- Divisi~n, which wa.s t. h e Tex. Ho.gan won. f1rst mto Belgmm and the flrst mto O!lce they had bridges across the Germany. Erft and a canal these two divi-

Men of the 104th crossed t h e sions gathered their strength and flooded Eoer rive~ and beat back began the dash for Cologne, batthe Germans untll tqe engmeers tering their way through a series could get bndges over the stream. of mining communities which were Behind them ca.me Rose's armored eneB=~y strongpoints. columns: .workmg as a team the And the triumphal American two dlVlSlotls then pushed to the march to the Rhine likewise unErft river, There Rose's columns

1a ccomplished an unusual feat for (See WHITEHEAD-Pace 11)

Whitehead (Continued from Page One)

derlined the fact t:hat Field Mar-shal Von Rundstedt's great counteroffensive failed comp!Eitely to wreck Gen. Eisenhower's plans for

1 a winter o·ffensive. The amazing recuperative power of the Amer-

1 ican. armies which were so sorely pounded in the battle of the bulge

j !s o~e of the highlights of the lUVa!!!On,

1 All Within 60 Days

Sb~ty days ago the First Army was locked in a bitter struggle with powerful enemy forces trying to smash their way to Liege and north to Brussels and Antwerp. ' Today American doughboys are on the Rhine.

After driving Von Rundstedt's offensive back, the 4-mericans went on the offensive themselves. Their push was the greatest drive yet mounted by Eisenhower.

Even while Von Rundstedt's push was being halted, supplies were pouring onto the continent for the present AmerIcan drive. Many believed that the German commander had thrown Eisenhower's p 1 a n s awry at least until next spring -that our armies could not recover quickly fro~ such hard blows. But. the Americans came back strong with plenty 1

of spirit. I The abundiuwe ol supplieli and

I material for the American drive was evident in many ways, even in little luxury items for frontline troops such as candy and cigarets.

Recently at a front line command post soldiers were distributing cigarets, toilet articles, candy and post exchange items.

"Our supplies are better now than they have ever been," said Lt. Joseph Daly of Yonkers, N. ~; "We are getting plenty of stuff.

Reach Rhine In 10 Days Once they were set the Ninth

and First Armies made the1r move,s and the Germans did not have enough men and guns to halt the advance. In just 10 days the 1

First Army reached the Rhine and wiped out the Germans' defenses before Cologne. •Today is the Hth day of the offensive. . . .

The Third Armored D 1 v 1 s 1 o n 1

crushed resistance in Stommeln and PouLheim which formed the enemy's last line of resistance, and reconnaissgnce troops unde.r l...t. Col. Prenti·ce "Iron Mike" Yeomans of Syracuse, N. Y., pushed on to the edge of the Rhine north of Co· logne.

Armo·red columns ]allowed, sealing off the north side of the city and Rose was in posi.tion to s-end his tanks toward Cologne at 4 A. M., today while Allen's men were pushing in from the wes.t.

Tanks Call For Artillery I Two anti-tank guns were giving the troops trouble at Bocklemuend

1when they called for artillery.

''The shells landed squarely on the German position and the- crews ran -away," sajd Maj. Stanley Hidalgo, Port Arthur, Tex. "We ha~ no more trouble fro:m tho.se guns.

E·veryone wondered w'l:a t. sort of opposJ.ti.on would be met ms1de Cologne.

"I believe they (the Germans) only have g.ot bits and pieces of units left in town," said Lt. Col. I Andrew Barr i>f Uvbane, Ill. ''I don't thin they want to •a~ any more troops now and tha i.

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Draggillfl Out Wines~ Butter~ Beef~

Fawning Germans Disgust Yanks By LEE CABSON remaining vestiges of Nazi resist- purposes Cologne had been cleared his rapid flow of conversation

I. N. s. Staff Correaponde~~~t ance in this historic ancient Rhine- of enemy troops. clicked his heels, saluted md .JOLOGNE, March 7.-<INS)- lltlld city. American troops which captured shouted: merican "mop-up" units today In places small parties of fight- Cologne Tuesday were greeted by "BeD EJ.enhowu!•

.'ere scouring the rubble-strewn to-the-end Nazi fanatics were en- strangely hardened but fawning His wife and their guest, a pro,;treet:; of Cologne to wipe out any countered, but to all intents . and civilians as "liberators." The civil- fessor, echoed his "Heil" each time ------.c::....---=-----:...:.-.,..,..~_;,~=~----.:..--1 ians emerged from cellars, bomb- he uttered it. They jabbered about 1

proof hideouts and from shell· how glad they were to see us, said 1 shattered buildini&, smiling and they would "cut up into little pieces waving. that beast Hitler" if only the

FANTASTIC, INFURIATING Americans would turn "der fuehrer" Some produced bottles of wine or over to them.

cognac, plucked at soldiers' sleeves The professor was super-voluble, whispering instructions to "follow and following an unusually lengthy me" for a fine meal, fresh butter, castigation of the Nazis and exbeef, anything they wanted. travagant praise of the Yanks, he

It was fantastic, infuriating - held out his hand to shake mine. and dangerous. For there appeared My mind went cold-I rememto be among the civilian populace bered our Allied dead on the Nor-

r- an unusually high percentage of mandy beaches; the boys bleeding young men of military age. They their lives away In the hot dust or wore clothes that didn't fit, that icy mud as we rolled across France, were. obviously begged, borrowed or Belgium. I recalled Holland, the stolen. Pfc. Walter Zukowski of nightmare of the Hurtgen forest, Brooklyn, N. Y., told me: the helpless American prisoners

"I've talked to lots of these birds. massacred at Malmedy following

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Every damned one of 'em is 100 per the Ardennes breakthrough, I recent Nazi. Just how come they're membered my brothers.

in . . , I shook my head and said I

walk g around in CIVVIes I don t could not shake hands 'th h! ~Mw, but each and every one of The professor's dark ~~es bl~d

1 em l<>:<>ks and t~lks like good army behind his thick-lensed glasses and matenal to me. his smiling face sharpened into

HOME VISITED. ha d in f ~ N t f f th i t twin

r 1 es o anger and cruelty. He o ar rom e ltllc en - said:

spired Cologne cathedral this co~- "Why not? I'm not your enemy. respo~dent joined a couple of GI s I have many members of my 1

in a ~!Sit to a. few homes wht~ still family in this war. I have seen contamed one or two habitable too many killed. The Germans rooms. are my foes."

A grocer, World War I veteran I answered inadequately, but the of the German army, brought out grocer appeased him with the excognac, a tub of fresh butter, planation that the "fraule!n" is a cheese. He smiled, bowed, apolo- war correspondent-officer, and that gized at length for not having more American officers could not shake to offer us. Frequently he halted hands with Germans.

Violent Burp Guns Accent Stillness of Dead Cologne

By FRANK CONNIFF I. N. S. Staff Corresponde:at

COLOGNE, Germany, March 7.- It is a city of violent sounds and (INS)-This once was a city. strange silences. The bitter cough-

1 History wm record that human ing of burp guns and the heavy beings once llv.ed and. laughed. &:~d crunch of artillery punctuate the savoured the .fmer thmgs of c1v11!- long lapses of eerie quiet. zatlon in a City known as Cologne. For Cologne Is dead. Only its

But you must speak of Cologne ruins remain as somber testimonials in the past tense now. The centuries that the way of an aggressor is are strewn in its streets. Men and indeed harsh. women walk its avenues with a stealthiness born of deapa.ir. OITY BREATHES LAST

11 Lt. Paul R. Meier, of Concord, Calif., and Ninth TAC, scored two direct hits with 1,000-pound bombs yesterday on Cologne's 1,450-foot Hohenzollern bridge. 1\laj. Arvis L. HiJlpert, of Stanford, Ill., led tile P38 attack. Two near misses ·were believed to have damaged supporting piers. The bridge is In three structures-two double-track rail eros~ ings and a highway-trolley crossing

with footpaths on each side,

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Eight Tanks Started-But None Returned I -As 3rd Armd. Gls Escape Nazi Ambush 1

WITH THIRD ARMD. DIV.-First, there were eight tanks . . . •

liLt. Glen M. Alford, of St. Paul, Minn., had barely moved out with his company when a German Mark IV was sighted and promptly knocked out by the Yank gunners. Almost immediately afterward, 2/Lt. Shelton C. Picard, of Maurice, La. observed a column of self-propelled 88mm artillery pieces and he · successfully directed artillery fire on them. So far, so good.

Then Alford's tank hit a mine and was immobilized. He was unhurt. A wicked crossfire caught two more tanks of his small force.

Five Tanks Left And then there were only five.Desperately trying to hold a vital road

at Cherain, Jerry threw everything in his anti-tank book at the advancing armor. · Picard's tank was knocked out, along w.tth another of the force.

Now there were three.-Sgt. Maurice L. Humphries, of Barnard,

S. D., assumed command. The enemy wa.~ wel! dug in and camouflaged.

"Couldn't see a damned thing," gunner Cpl. Octaviano Carrion, of Moravia, Puerto Rico, said, "except for one Heinie. I blew him sky high with HE."

Gunner Is Hit The ambush was nearly complete. An

armor piercing round crashed through Carrion's tank. Hot metal splashed the gunner's face. Humphries, searching wildly for a target, spotted a Mark V. His gunner, Cpl. Leslie B. Underwood, of

Lancaster, Pa., bounced five rounds off the heavy enemy vehicle. The Panther's return fire sent one round through the turret, another into the final drive. It was bail out or die.

Humphries went over the side, and noted bitterly that all or his small comm2.nd had been stopped. Sgt. Bill Burton's tan!> had all hatches open. That meant only one thing-a hit. Several American tankers were badly hurt.

Now, flushed with victory, the enemy was closing in. .Machine gun and rif]P fire rattled o.ff the b~oken tank,.,

GI Plays Dead Some of the tankers managed to escapP

but slight chance was offered Underwoor'l Carrion and several others. Humphries crawled out of sight, played dead by lying face down In the snow. Later a group of Ger::nans approached and grabbed him by the collar. He slumped.

"Kaput," said the German finally, and moved away.

The survivors got together later 'anrl ,discussed the illfateo rulSault. But it wa~ only a temporary set-back.

Next morning, with men of the compa· ny receiving assignments to new cr<·w3, they moved out-and that was a new day. After it was over. the task force 1 had gained an important obj.,ctive, , knocked out five Panther t<•nks, three 1

self-propelled 88s .nd a battery of }'70mm I' artillery pieces.

Humphries says "to hell with talking about the other day-after all the division has to expect losses once in a while!" I

First Battalion Praised Highly In Letter To S. and S. B Bag

In one of the few items of praise thdt have appeared in the generallY highly critical ,B Bag" of the Stars and Stripes, · First Battalion in Wednes• day's issue received an unparallelled compliment from a writer who idenfi• fied himself only as , Corporal". The letter follows:

,In the course of redeployment I wound up in a unit having higher morale than any other 1' ve seen in four years. It puts out an interesting, well-written newspaper. I've seldom seen such an air of friendship, coope• ration and respect among officers ana men as here. Don't ask me why -I've not been here long enough to tell, but I met the battalion CO at a time when I couldn't tell who he was. He'd been in swimming with the boys (EM) and was helping them crank a stubborn motor boat. That's part of the answer. A West Pointer, too - can you ima• gine?

, Where else has anyone seen an announcement like this in the official section of the daily bulletin 1

,'COMMENDATION: Company C was judged the neatest company at guard mount yesterday, and having been so chosen twice this week is ex• cused from guard mount on Friday, 15 June. Best instructed and neatest sentinel of the guard was Pfc Joseph L. White, Sr., Company A. Inasmuch as he has been twice so chosen, Pfc. White will receive a 72·hour pass to Paris, leaving Saturday, 16 June.

,Food is the best I have seen in months. I doubt this unit gets more or better rations than any other.

, My salute to the 1st Bn., 36th Ar• mored lnf. Re~t . (3rd Armored .Div.) and its guidmg officers, especially Majors Owen and Root."

(From this letter, two conclusions may be drawn: Either the First Ba.tta• lion is an unusually fine outfit, or the writer received ten extra points for his effort. Anyone who knows the First Battalion knows the real answer, however - it is a fine outfit. ~) -- -------------------~

Nine Allied Armies Hacking hrough German D nses

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U. S. 15th, French lst Join Mighty Drive for Berlin;: 9th, 3rd Armored Divisions Join Near Paderhorn;~

Remnants of Three German Armies in Trap

Paris Sunday April 1 (JP).-The Allies clamped a steel deathlock around the Ruhr basin last night, and the trapped Germans turned frenziedly northeastward in a savage effort ~~ wonly 170 miles away.

, "This Is the final great battle of the west," write Associated Press Correspondent Hal Boyle :f!'OID·.....,.-~--

bron, six-way road hub in which the battle of annihilation centered.

Allied supreme headquarters made no break in its security blackout but broadcast an invitation by General Eisenhower to all isolated German forces to surrender. He disclosed that the new U. S. 15th army and the French First army both had joined the struggle, raising to nine the number of Allied armies battling ea.st of the Rhine.

Associated Press Corres ondent Don Whitehead said that the u. S. 9th and 3rd armored dl-

, : . ons bad made contact at War

b ur.,, ~ !OOUtheast Of Paderbor"fl, to close one side of the trap, while Wes Gallagher wrote the 2nd armored division of the U. S. Ninth army had thrust eastward 30 miles and established tactical ra<lio contact with the U. S. First army ncar Pndcrborn.

l Exact nature of the contact was

not disclosed, but Gallagher said that :-p for all practical purposes the cutoff

was complete. The huge pocket thus created en

? iclosed the remnants of three GerVl man armies, estimated here to num~

'ber possibly 40,000 men ,but said by Boyle on the scene to Include "scores of thousands."

The Ruhr Industrial basin, Without 1 which Hitler's army leaders have told

him they can no longer wage war.

J wa.s Isolated or In ruins.

All it only now aware of their pllght, the Germans flung every

' thing they had Into the flaming battle or Paderborn, some 100 mlles northeast of Cologne.

~ . Repeatedly they attacked with small mfantry forces, led by tanks. Dug-in infantry With bazookas strove to hold

1 of! the rampaging Americans, but the front dispatches said each effort cost

I the Germans ca.sualties, and Boyle ll'l'ote:

"The German armies In the w~t are committing suicide-suicide by tortured Inches." ·

On the left, the British 2nd army with American parachutist aid, was racing under a blackout on what was described as the last lap of its push to Muenster, while other BritishCanadian forces thrust into Holland,

RUHR BASIN ENCmCLEDBY

ALLIED UNITS (Continued From Pan One)

halt dozen Dutch towns during the afternoon as it closed on Arnhem.

In the face o! this mounting threa·o, the Germans were clearing out of all north Holland west o! Arnhem and / heading back for the reich, Dutch civilians told their liberators.

For the Allies, 'tt was the brightest Easter of the war, for the Germans the gloomiest.

The Germans were laying down their arms by the thousands. The First army took 11 ,206 prisoners yesterday, the Third army added at least 10,000 more, the Seventh took 1,800 and the British Second 1,500-a total Of 85 ,000 prisoners in 72 hours.

The retreat from the Ruhr had begun-too late-and fleeing convoys were bombed and strafed !rom dawn to dusk.

Possibly the last great battle of the war west of the Ruhr valley boiled over the fields south of Dorsten, where the Eighth armored division slugged with the cut-of! and doomed l16th panzer division.

The Second armored division covered 30 miles In 36 hours to make its tactical junction with the U . S. l"!rst army, which wa.s battling in Paderborn against the first real enemy resistance since its breakthrough from the Rhine six days ago.

It by-passed all the big munitions cities of the Ruhr, Essen, biggest of them all, Dusseldorf, Hamm, Dortmund, Duisburg, and cut across the fertile fields 'Of the Westphalian plain at such a clip that one German headquarters was found deserted with a half-eaten meal on the table. I

It rolled on through the moonlight ) of Friday night, turning the battle into an obstacle race with a determination to end the war and go home.

It had bulled through a trooppacked front and da.shed ahead just as It did when It was Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's outfit in North Africa and Sicily, and in the way it struck across the plains of France and later across the Roer.

In the Ruhr itself, however, back in the old bridgehead area, the Ninth army was up against some hard fighting. Despite this tough resistance, the Ninth's Infantrymen cleared the last German soldier from Bottrop, only four m!les northwest of Essen.

Patt..">n had two of his armored divisions, the famed Fourth armored "breakthrough" division and the Sixth, hammering toward Berl!n so 1ast correspondents could not keep abreast of their progress.

The Sixth armored last was reported hours ago only five miles frout Kassel, a c~ty of 217,000, and a field dispatch S;aid by tnls time It undoubtedly was in or beyond it.

It had CillYered 45 miles Friday with a speed almost matching the First army's nd>w famous armored march that out.flanked the Ruhr. The Fourth armored division last was re- I ported near Lauterhausen, 36 miles

1 southeast of Kassel.

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llie Now Hold 300-Mile Battle

Line in Germany :lst Takes Paderborn; . Third Army 157 Miles From Berlin; 7th Army Reaches Main River 71 Miles E. of

Rhine; 4th Armored Races ,Along Super-Highway )"

Paris, April i <U.P.>-The U. S. Ninth army, pacing a sweeping British-American breakthrough on the Westphalian plain, joined with th~ America~ First today and trapped upl to 50,000 Germans m the encircled Ruhr. In other great gains Allied armies captured the rail center of Paderborn and swept to within 157 miles of Berlin.

The Ninth army's advance drove to~====~----------'-" a point 75 miles east of the Rhine and linked with the First army at L!ppstadt.

On the southern end of the front, Lieut. Gen. Alexander 1\l. Patch's Seventh army exploited another breakthrough of German defenses to reach the Main river at wuerzburg, 71 miles beyond the Rhine and 55 miles from the great Nazi shrine city of Nuern·berg. The Seventh was barely 100 miles from Czechoslovakia.

Encirclement of the Ruhr was one of the greatest Allied triumphs since D-day. The Ninth and First armies were expected to make short work of mopping up the trapped Germans.

The linkup gives Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower a solid 300-mile front east of the Rhine from Emmerich in the north to Hockheim in the south, with nine great Allied armies stabbing deep into the Reich.

Allied supreme headquarters announced the junction of the two armies in a partial lifting of a security blackout which has concealed details of the big breakthrough on the Westphalian plain by 10 columns of Field Marshal Sir B. L. Montgomery's British and American forces.]

To the east, Third army tanks of Brig. Gen. W111iam Hoge's rampaging 4th armored division were racing along the FrankfurtBerlin super highway in a sweep that gained eight miles during the day. The tanks reached a point on the highway just south of Nesselroden, eight miles west of Eisenbach and 157 mlles from the Reich capital.

As Montgomery's drive surged as much as 75 miles east of the Rhine, German forces in north Holland started a mass retreat to the east to escape a trap closing across their line of flight. The exodus was taking terrible aerial punishment with more than 800 trucks already destroyed. . 1

The historic 1st and 9th armored junction that cut off the Ruhr occurred at Lippstadt, 17 mlles west of Paderborn. The eastward-bound 2nd armored division of Lieut. Gen. William H. Simpson's Ninth army met First army tanks driving west at 5:30 p.m.

The veteran British Second, which has fought in Tunisia., Sicily, Italy and France, rolled 62 miles east trom Bottrop in the past three days to make the junction. The First army forces were not !mmediatel !dent!-

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By IRIS CARPENTER Globe Special War Correspondent

WITH THE 1 ST ARMY, April 3-Nothing inside or outside "Rose's Bag .. -for, as far as 8.'1'1 one man s ou ere 1

the bag, it should be the commander who made the greatest armor in history zip it shut-concerns troops massed around it today so much as the news that Rose is dead.

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(The following front JispGtches reVeal G little oF the back• 6rountl Gnd achievement. oF two oF thue fis:hting outfits.)

~ With U. S. 3d Armored Division in Belgium, Jan. 6 (JP). -< -The 3d Armored Division, the first division to cross the ~ German border and the first to take a German town, is out ~ in front again in the new offensive aimed at breaking the ,., back of the enemy's Ardennes salient.

~ The commander is Major Gen.1:•==========-=====:i g: Maurice Rose of Denver, Colo. P" Side by side with the 2d Armored ~ Division, Rose's tanks and armored

infantrymen are snaking forward ;>-1 over icy roads. They fought yes-< terday into the outskirts of LierA neux. Z Like the 2d Armored on their ~ right, tankmen and doughboys of 00 Rose's outfit already had played a

major role in stopping the forward tr impetus of the German offensive.

But their current role of attackers is more familiar to the veterans, who first sprang into action near St. Lo and then lived up to their "spearhead" nickname by driving through Mayenne, Chartres, Mons and Liege and on into Ciermany at Rotgen.

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man penetration, one of the 3d's combat commands under Brig. Gen. Doyle 0. Hickey, of Camden, Ark. , helped clean up enemy parachutists !Iouth of Monschau, while the other

-eombat command under Brig. Gen. Trumane Boudinot, of Beverly Hills, Calif., operated with the 30th Infantry Division. ']'his combination accounted for the wholesale bag of German tanks and other material in the Laggieze pocket west of Stavelot.

From there the bulk of the diviflion's strength was shifted to the Hotton sector. Hotton itself was defended against a series of Nazi armored attacks by an impromptu task force under Major Jack W. Fickessen, Waco, Tex., including ~ooks, bakers, mechanics, signalmen, engineers, MPs and headquarter s personnel.

This combine from Dec. 21 to Dec. 25, when relief arrived, accounted for nine tanks and killed several score Germans.

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of democracy, a large part of the credit should go to the U. S. Constabulary.

For this force, which has become the most feared and at the same time respected of the occupation forces in the conquered Reich, is giving special attention to the children of the land -so recently freed .from the iron heel of Nazism.

The Constabulary's sports program for instance, in which !baseball and football were taught to the German children, became so popular with the youngsters that the Russians lodged a protest. They claimed that the teaching of baseball and football violated an Allied regulation against regimented sports which might be regarded as quasi-military training. The British and French occupation forces, however, backed Col. Frank Howley, U. S. Deputy Commandant, and German children in the American zone are continuing to hit homers, slide into third and make touchdowns.

THE Constabulary's lOth Regi-ment at Stuttgart gave a

party that was attended· by some 15,000 German children. They were transported frorn outlying villages in ~rmy ve-

RMAN CHl EN and men played host.

Faces once sullen took on new expressions of trust and respect as the children played baseball and indulged in other' spocts.

The Constabulary is a foree of 33,000 men commanded by Maj. General Ernst N. Harmon. They are known by all by their distinctive badge, a yellow silk

Learn To Play Baseball scarf. Duties include the fer- ' reting of illegal arms and breaking up of remnants of Nazi organization. They keep displaced persons in lulnd, track dewn ~ugglers and black marketeers and check on the behavior of the other U.S. troops. They are looked upon as the cream of U. S. occupation forces.

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