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...Virginia major's gallantry was almost a legend to men of the 29th Infantry Division. On D-day he had whisked across the beach ahead of his men, alone had silenced a machine gun. At La Madeleine he and his men had fought their way to a surrounded battalion, then had found themselves surrounded. Together the two battalions stood off the Germans for 36 bitter hours, finally broke out toward Saint...
...that was fighting fanatically against the U.S., was fighting just as fanatically for it. Last week the War Department wrote "proved" on the experiment. It added a unit citation (for "outstanding performance of duty in action") to the already-remarkable collection of medals held by the Japanese-American 100th Battalion...
...first group soon got a real test. Formed up as the 100th Infantry Battalion, they were sent to North Africa, attached to the 34th Division. To keep them a racial unit the War Department sent along 500 reserve Nisei to augment the 100th's normal battalion strength of 800. The reserves were soon needed...
...action at Belvedere, for which the 100th was officially cited, the divisional commander had to commit the battalion sooner than expected, to outflank a tough German position. With little artillery support the Nisei cut behind the position of some 500 Germans, knocked it to pieces, killed, wounded and captured 271 Germans...
Charlie Gould, more widely known is "Form the Battalion," has even notices the improvement in singing and when the falling in at muster improves as much he intimated that we may expect more baseball and less column movements during the week...