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Buy Fury Read 6250 Movies TV Reviews Amazon. Vos vidos en toute libert. Service Forces in the European Theater, issued by the Orientation. Branch, Information and Education Division, Hq USFET. Major. General Allison J. Barnett, commanding the 7. Infantry Division. To those great soldiers who died fighting. Infantry Division. The future of. the division as presently viewed makes timely this recording of its. A. J. Barnett. Major. General, Commanding. THE STORY OF THE 7. INFANTRY DIVISIONEB. In. the foggy, gray mist of early morning, the 7. Infantry Division. Saarbrucken, capital of the rich, long disputed. Although relative newcomers to the European Theatertheir baptism of fire came. Philippsbourg and Wingen sur Moderthe Trailblazers were eager. Fighting for the first time as a division, the men under. Maj. Gen. Allison J. Barnett could hardly visualize the rugged. Immediate objectives were the French industrial city of Forbach on the divisions. Styring Wendel further northeast, the Pfaffenwald stretching. Forbach east to the Saar River, the strategic high ground of. Spicheren Heights. Once these heights were gained, Saarbruckens. Over terrain ideal for delaying tactics and ambushescountless valleys and. Oeting, Kerbach and Etzling fell in quick succession to the 2. Inf. Regt., which. Inf. Regt., which forged ahead in. On the right, the 2. Inf. Regt. fought bitterly for Lixing and. Grosbliederstroff as it pushed to the Saar through Zingingen, Hesseling. Alsting. The Germans must have had the 1. Waiting until the patrol had formed its skirmish. Nazis opened up with machine guns. In a moment, all but one of. He was Pvt. Jesse D. Cain, Jr. Philadelphia, Co. A, 2. 75th. Lying in cover so shallow he couldnt raise his. Cains only thought was, Wait. I can make it in. But Cains wounded buddies couldnt wait. Several. prayed softly. One muttered, Get a doctor, and raised his knees to ease. The German machine gun rattled death. Pvt. Cain didnt wait. The Dilemma Full Movie Online Free. He crept, crawled, finally. The Nazis blazed away at him they missed. The wounded. soon were evacuated. The drive on Saarbrucken was a nightmare from the outset. The areas over. which the advance rolled were heavily mined. In Peaceful Valley, above. Forbach, it was nearly impossible to set foot on unmined soil. From a distance, the bright yellow shu mines looked like a field of. Near Etzling, the mines were just as thick, even more potent. Trailblazer tanks couldnt move up to give pinned down infantrymen. This was a job for the engineersthe combat engineers who had been. Pfc Deno A. Gaffi, Kelso, Wash., Co. A, 2. 70th Engr. Bn., was among those. Germans spotted them. Gaffi. seemingly paid little attention to the gunfire as he worked to clear. Theres your path, he told the tankers as he lifted the last mine. For two consecutive Sundays, the Army Hour broadcast. Forbach. Many Trailblazers received inquiries for information regarding. The advance had been painfully slow. Now, the 2. 76th set its sights on. Schlossberg Castle. Doughs would have to scale those rugged heights that. The regiment went to work. Surprised at. the outset when they failed to draw fire, the men quickened the pace. When the 2. 76th reached the castle, it discovered that the Nazis had. Germans had withdrawn into Forbach. When the Trailblazers went into their first. The Stars Stripes of Feb. A brand new American infantry division, the. Trailblazer, was revealed on February 2. Seventh Army drive into Germany, south of Saarbrucken. The 7. December 2. Task Force Herren southeast of Haguenau, is fighting. Forbach, just inside the French border six miles southwest of. Saarbrucken, and was later reported in possession of most of the. In the center, between the other two regiments, the 2. Spicheren and Spicheren Heights, which overlooked. Siegfried Line forts and dragons teeth. He was leading a patrol when the machine guns opened up. He fell, badly. wounded. Knowing he would be a handicap to his men who insisted that. Leave me here and go back. That is a direct order. As a final gesture, be gave his carbinehis sole protectionto a. The men withdrew reluctantly. The last. time they saw 2nd Lt. Bernard Brons, Paterson, N. J., Co. K, 2. 75th, he. Battle Axe Slashes Into Holy SoilNCE the. Schlossberg Castle, it was no cinch. Nazis roared back in a charge that was reminiscent. Hollywood movie. Screaming Krauts scrambled up the steep slopes in. Co. I, 2. 76th, entrenched at the base of the 5. When Capt. Herbert J. Andrews, Colton, Calif., Co. I CO, was. informed that the Germans were converging on doughs foxholes, he called. The Nazis small arms and automatic weapons fire diminished as the mortar. The wild, screaming charge ceased. Next. morning, 4. Krauts were counted on the hillside. Next, the Trailblazers swung down into Forbach, slugging ahead and. Sgt. William P. Henry, Jr., La Habra, Calif., Co. F, Bloody Axe Regiment, was. Silver and Bronze Star medals. He was awarded the Silver Star for clearing Germans from houses beyond the. Forbach underpass. He went into the houses alone, killing two Nazis and. When his squad, engaged in similar work, lost. Sgt. Henry won the Bronze Star for his action when, with another. Co. F man, he exposed himself to kill a German officer. The. Nazis fled after the officer was killed. As the 7. 0ths flanks swung inward, it became apparent that the Germans. Spicheren Heightsat all costs. With some portions of the. Saarbrucken already in Trailblazer hands, the full. Nazi counter attacks burst against the men fighting for. Spicheren, Feb.  2. Known as Hitlers Holy Ground, the heights had sentimental as well. German soldiers were buried here where they fought. French in 1. 87. 0. And on Christmas Day, 1. Fuehrer had timidly. Nazi propaganda. machine trumpeted the incident as a triumphal march into France. Since. then, this soil became a Nazi shrine and small urns of the earth were. Germans had contrived every device to defend this sacred soil. Rotating. Counter battery fire was ineffective. A persistent low. This was a job for the infantry. As the Trailblazers approached Strying Wendel, German guards fled, allowing. Allied prisoners to escape and make their way to American lines. Crippled. diseased and suffering from malnutrition, PWs streamed in a long column. Even then, liberty was hard bought. As the PWs hobbled along the Metz. German machine guns opened up, wounded many of them. Wearing the. tattered uniforms of Soviet Russia, France, Poland, Czechoslovakia and. Yugoslavia, the 9. Allied PWs to be liberated. Savage fighting raged as Trailblazers wrested Spicheren Heights from the. Germans. Co. B, 2. Nazis suddenly counter attacked. Dropping their shovels, doughs. Sgt. Elmo Chappell, Marietta, Ga., and two of his buddies discovered. Pushing his buddies to cover where they could. Sgt. Chappell accounted for eight Germans. With the counter assault squelched, 7. Germans. These infantrymen were doing themselves proud. The 2. 74th eventually scaled. Spicheren Heights, then pushed on beyond Styring Wendel the 2. Forbach, scrapping through street after street the 2. Saar. When the 7. Its actions produced such accolades as the. Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery while decorating. Capt. Joseph K. Donahue, Rolla, Mo., Co. I, 2. 75th, who was awarded the. Silver Star for gallantry in action at Spicheren. Said the British officer, I. American soldier. He is an excellent. Unlucky Day for Retreating Nazis. HE. Germans had surrounded the Simon Mine and Factory at Forbach with a. When riflemen charged the site, only one soldier reached. He crawled through a hole and advanced 3. SSgt. Joseph Kohn, St. Louis, 3rd Bn., 2. Although he had lost his. Red Cross flag was available, the sergeant. Advancing beyond the wall into the yard. Sgt. Kohn reached the wounded dough, carried him back to the wall. Later, he received a battlefield commission.