When 600 Germans Surrounded Him — He Called Artillery on Himself to Save Them All

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When 600 Germans Surrounded Him — He Called Artillery on Himself to Save Them All

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At 0700 on January 24th, 1945, First Lieutenant Garland Merl Connor stood in the frozen command post of Third Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, watching German artillery shells destroy the treeine 400 yardds to his front, 25 years old, intelligence officer, recently returned from the hospital with wounds still healing. The German 19th Army had mass... Read More

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