Observer_1945-04-22

- . Page 2 The OBSERVER APRIL 22, 1945 Bravery and Death In Italy Revealed by Wounded Sergeant come up near us and try to get us ~ out until daylight, because I was ' t afraid they would step on a Jerry Only one paper has the respect of the people! 1 mine. However, one of the men i AAF REG I 0 N A L AND sneaked up to me and tied a tourni- The choice of the Negro people of the Northwest is ======-_:;= C 0 N VAL E S C ENT HOS- quet on my leg. After that Cheney PITAL, Miami, Fla.-Blinded and I lay there all night. The next The 0 BSERVER in both eyes and with his l leg day the aid men from my company 1 .. mtoffW~~b~ua~ult·p~W~~- LL--------------------------~------------~- of German land mines, Staff Ser- "Our casualties were pretty \ geant James H. Brown of Pul- heavy in that action. Sergeant Rose aski, Tenn., lay in his bed here at stepped on a mine that night, next the AAF Regional Convalescent day the CO, Lieutenant Miles, Hospital and related one of the had his leg blown off by a mortar grimmest stories yet to be told of shell, and the following .day Ser- the bloody struggle which the geant William Smith, our first 92nd Infantry Division is waging sergeant, was killed by a mortar against the Germans in Italy. shell that landed in his foxhole." 1 On February 8, when the Sec– ond Battalion of the 370th In– fantry Regiment received orders to attack, the 21-year-old N'egro infantryman was a squad leader in Company F, spearhead of the as– sault. vVhat happened later is best told by Brown himself: '"Our mission ·was to take a hill beyond Peitrasanta and we were told that when our objective was won we would be close enough to throw small arms fire into 'Maine,' " Brown began. "The Germans had laid mines all over the hill but the engineers quickly cleared a trail which they marked off with tape, and we jumped off at 1500 (3 p.m.). "About the time we reached the end of the cleared area the J erries hit another part of our line and Tuskegee Cadet Nurse Enter Boston Hospital BOSTON, Mass.- The largest group of colored cadet nurses to be sent to a northern institution ar– rived here when 12· nurses from the nurse training school of Tus– kegee institute came to begin a period of study at Boston City hospital recently. The girls, who were accom– panied by Miss Lillian M. Hol– land, director of nurses at Tus– kegee, will spend 12 weeks in the city hospital as part of their reg– ular course of training. Formerly . Tuskegee nurses used the city hos– pital at Augusta, Ga., f<tr their institutional training. The)~ return to Tuskegee when they finish their 12 weeks here. my platoon got orders to with- Acme Head Resigns draw. But our platoon sergeant, (Continued from Page 1) T~chnical Sergeant Fred Rose, of more complicated and the tasks I Louisiana, who loved to taqgle am re9uired to perform are de– with the Jerries, said, 'We're not manding an increased amount of going to withdraw. We're going to mr mental and physical atteiJtion. build up a line and stay right here In my leaving this organization, and fight.' I wish to commend the members I "He then ordered me to set up for their cooperation and support my BAR (Browning Automatic during the time I served them. Rifle) and told the other squad Our progress for the last eleven leader to do the same. We had months was nothing short of phen– built a fire-line when the order omena!. You may be sur~ that my again came for our platoon to fall best wishes go with you in your back to the battalion line. Ser- diligent efforts to carry on in the geant Rose reluctantly decided to 1 future as we did in the past. withdraw. Yours trulv, "As we started to fall back, I JOHN C. BAKER. stepped on a land mine and set it off.' The explosision knocked me down and my left leg was broken in two places. Private Robert Cheney crawled over to me and said he was going to get me out of there. Just as he put his arms un– der mine and started to move me, his foot struck a mine and it went off breaking his leg and blinding me in both eyes. He fell down be– side me. "It had been getting dark when the first mine got me and although I couldn't see, I realized that it must be very dark by this time and that the men could not see. So I issued orders that no man was to "Your Tho't in Flowers" LIND & POMEROY flowers ~716-26-28 N. E. UNION AVE. 'As near as your Telephone' GArfield 1181 *NEWER * NEWEST Present Tense · Descriptives for BRADFORD Man-Tailored SUITS As fresh as the first flowers of Spring-and just as colorful! $29'75 to $45.00 Also Toppers to Match Raincoats ••• Smart protection-perfect for Spring. 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