Evening star., 1943-03-07

It Is from their Thsnss = usasy.
stories, to greater degree than u
possible from ofncial communicates
or newspaper dispatches, that ono
gets the real color Of this war. Many
Of them still are very sick and In
pain and 1t is difficult to talk with
any Of them long.
Perhaps the most striking story
that could be gathered from . brief
tour Of the hospital was that Of It.
Robert Phillips, formerly Of Balti-
more, whose right arm was blown
of in the battle Of Faid Pass, in
southern Tlmisia. As the truck in
which he was riding came over .
hill it. was attacked by 3 straflng
German Junker. It. Phillips and his
five men on = detail to ret up COM
munications, fought back with rides
and sub-machine gun. Two bombs
dropped near them. One exploded
and left Phillips arm hanging By Q
shred Of skin. BY that time al the
party had been wounded.
The Junker, its work done, new
on. Philips managed to tolrniQuet
the bleeding stump. Then, head
swimming and body tortured By
pain, he got the truck started and
drove back six miles over the desert
to . field hospital from which IN
ambulance was sent for the other
wounded. AL survived.
Captain Saves NEen's Lives.
Here also Is thu stdfys Of sergt.
Frank Donnatin ,ce ouee0s Village.
Long Island. i bullet cit 6otWeeu
his left tennp1s and eye IN 4 muddy
gorge overlooking oxan. The IN.
fantry plafpon had run into ma.
chine-gun IN and I'D only rifles
With which to dght back. The f1ring
stopped at dark and they dug holes
In the mud where the sGriously
wounded spent two nights before
their unwounded comrades could ret
them to the foot Of the hills where
they were rescued by m artillery
truck.
"Au I can remember now" says
Sergt. Donnattu, "is the captain
crawling from mudhole to mudhole
and trying to take care Of Us. There
wasn't much he could do but he kept
pouring su1fanilimide on the raw
wounds and I think that probably
saved our lives"
On the next bed to Donnatin lies
Corpl. G. E. Schroeck Of Newall,
Mimi, member Of . reconnaissance
squad that encountered 3 hroken-
down German tank In the desert 10
miles south OF Tunis. While they
were examining it they saw some
soldiers. whom ct hrst they mistock
for Americans, crawling over The
brow Of . hill.
Then," says Schroeck, zone Of
them stood up and yelled KamerAd.s
We told them to lay down their gun&
They may have misunderstood M
for suddenly we were sprayed With
lead from sub-machine guns. We
fought back with rifles. One fellow
I hit went down. and then rot Q
bullet through the shoulder"
Treopship's Deck Demslhhed.
Corp. Elmer Farrell of Cullman,
Ala. was wounded by shrapnel un-
der the right eye, through the base
Of the nose, and out under ehe left
eye. The troopship on which he
was . passenger was caught in the
searchlight Of Z French cruiser In
Oran harbor. The troopship's
bridge was blown OF and the deck
sprayed with incendiary bombs to
drive the men below. Then the
whole deck was blown In. Men who
escaped were machine-gunned In
the water.
Farrell found his life belt had
been punctured and was useless.
Badly wounded as he was he swan
to small boat which he discerned
In the darkness while the French
searchlight played over the harbor.
For two hours, he says. he chung
to . rope hanging from this boat.
At daylight two French soldiers ap-
peared on the pier and threw him .
plank. His chest buoyed by the
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