Detroit evening times., 1943-09-01
BACK EIHeebNG HE'LL
Crenodes, "A Nozis
Fail to Lick This
TyDiCOI Buck Private.

LIES harmless looking little buck private-a few inches
II five feet and weighing less than 100 pounds
Yet if you look closely at the features of Pvt Saul Of
Newark N j. you will something Of Uncle Sam there in
Lis face and in his eyes
Which why three German hand grenades and 70 IA
Eaz soldiers couldn beat him nor the likes OF him. nor eyer
Before he peered out Of his slit trench just at sun Up
those Nazs 80 feet from him nothing IN the past of EUod
Saul explain what he about to do Nor why he did
it. Nor how.
Ewood is no trained killer from boyhood like those Nazis
Elwood grew up Newark playing little baseball and foot
ball and swimming lot and finding himself job air
plane factory at Bendix
You'd think" he says with mildly puzzled look after
working there seven wears they'd put me in the Ground
Forces something know all about planee. They got
give you something gpe about guess They must have
needed infanrymen pretty bad at the time
Which good explanation any why, five months
after induction Pvt Saul finds himself in Tunsa with
Garand rifle and three hand grenades helping to clean up
what's left Of Bzerte and Tuns and hiking SIX and one hall
miles every other day in the African sun.
Add couple practice beach landings outside of Tebesa
and tt at been mike believe soldering up to
Then the morning of July when his outfit herds
aboard Lei boat walow sickness and iu sleep
for four days the Mediterranean before the Scan landing
AZ a. m on the 10th somebody wakes Pvt Saul in his
trpeter bunk below decks with words All readyhe hour
He isn't scared He remembers he could do with good
cup Of coffee But So Pvt Saul patiently arms
himself with ammunition belt light pack with faons, ana
bandOer his shoulder With 40 80 men he IS
crowded Of them little barges where the front
down and they start for the beach OF course Saul has
be Of the few to be soaked by flying spray after which
there conversation but YOU can't print il! Anyway,
Jumping from the landing bes everybody gets wet to the hips
i be don't fall down
Saul is Of the first dozen ashore They rush into
me shbbey above the beach and inland 200 feet organize
their platoon Its just dawn and chilly but you don think
OF i much
The 60 through thick vines crawling part way for
half mile. There opposition though they hear firing of
the left 1t easy Farther they into Italian
snpers machine gun empla0ments But the snpers only
hoer when they and cat with their hands up
You can't shoot fellow with his hands up,
They could have fired but rey too ready TO sur
render They re glad 10
different the edge Of the city There's fighting in
the Of Gea and the niantymen wait while the artillery
unloaded and moved up Pvt Saul from high farm land
watches MCEerchmts shoot down two Navy observation
ptarcs ee6s Fhcr Two
NE dive Inn and the sergeant and couple Of other fellows
where they lie ln the open q hillside
Boy. they down r4ht az us says Pvt Saul We
reilly kissed the eayh\and hked IT, Well never know why
they ddn fire shot When up just looked at one
another and SAID word We couldn't speak
Geia prrenders That day and toward evening Sauls com
pay goes through the town heading for airport seven miles
the other SIDE Bockades hold them up frequently as Italian
machine gUnners surrender shouting comrades behind them
Come on surrender 20 Ameucauos-Americanos good
Outside Of the city they approach mountain and this
where little Ewood Saul o. Newark goes into action.