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To: Homer_J_Simpson
[Continued from yesterday.]

26 January. A patrol on the coastal track toward Teteri on the west side of the Mot River met a force of 20 Japanese supported by a light machine gun and a heavy machine gun. In the exchange of fire four enemy were killed and two wounded. Both patrols withdrew. Artillery then placed a concentration on this area.

Major General H.W. Blakeley, USA, Ret., The 32d Infantry Division in World War II

3 posted on 01/26/2014 4:48:34 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Wynford Vaughan Thomas

Wynford Vaughan Thomas , BBC report from Anzio (1:06 sound bite)

4 posted on 01/26/2014 4:50:02 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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