Word: broedlow
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Despite the closeness of large numbers of troops, only one incident occurred during the first two and a half weeks-a group of Tito's men one night jumped an American soldier and stole his rifle. Colonel Rudolph W. Broedlow, commanding the regiment, forbade any retribution. Later, when Broedlow calmly shifted his troops east of the Isonzo River, the Yugoslavs asked how come the Yanks were penetrating "Yugoslav territory." Broedlow said his orders carried him just so far, that was where he was going, and furthermore he hoped the Yugoslavs wouldn't give him any trouble. They didn...
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