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McGovern, abandoning hope, admitted: "We are Americans." The German gazed in glum silence. Said Campbell, nervously: "Let's be friendly," and handed the German a package of Camels. "Italienisch?" asked the Nazi, his curiosity mildly aroused. "No, American," McGovern replied, and the two Yanks turned as one man and walked, did not run, across the open field. The machine gunner scratched his head, did nothing. A few hundred yards away Campbell and McGovern met an American sentry who passed them on to safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Hike | 9/27/1943 | See Source »

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