The commander of that unit was Col Arthur C. Parker. When the attack came toward that town from three directions, Col. Parker had only four field artillery guns to use against the German tanks. He had the gunners lower their barrels to horizontal, and fire down the roads to stop the tanks.
Col. Parker was wounded on the first day. He refused to evacuate. For three days that ill-equipped, undermanned unit held that crossroads against all of the German attacks. On the fourth day, the Americans reinforced and relieved them.
I know that story not from my Uncle Arthur, because he never spoke of those events. I know it from the history books that describe the defense of that town.
Arthur Parker was a dirt farmer in Alabama until the war began and he enlisted. After the war, he returned to Alabama and became a dirt farmer once again. On the shoulders of such men, in every era in our history, the strength and greatness of America is built.
Congressman Billybob
"Where do we find these people? Where do they get such strength?" President Bush.