Table of Contents < - - - return Chapter 14 - First Casualty < - - - next Don Bennett's War Chapter 13 - St. Diè _______________________ When we got across
with little trouble, a patrol was sent out and reported no enemy in
the immediate surroundings, we proceeded up along the edge of the valley
toward the small town of St. Diè. We could hear our artillery
passing over our heads and exploding ahead of us in this town. Two Germans
came running out at us, throwing down their rifle and yelling "prisoner".
At sundown we arrived at the top of a hill overlooking St. Diè.
There we saw the small remaining machine gun fort which our regimental
commander had defended in World War 1. It was a great moment for him.
From that vantage point we could see St. Diè and two other towns
in another valley burning from our artillery barrage. It was dark again
and we hiked up to higher ground. The last steps up the mountain into
the snow were weary steps for me and I had been carrying this heavy
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