Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-05

again we moved, this time in day.
light, the third day coming into the
hills west of Chuigui and Tebourba.
Although we had moved COMPARE
lively few miles as the crow flies,
the trip was long because the short
route had been mined by the Ger
mans. We set up in German posi-
tions they had been considerable
enough to dig before they moved
out.
Our howitzers did not have suf1-
cient range from here, so two days
later We moved, again in daylight.
l went up to our new location and
picked out positions about Is min
utes before the guns arrived. The
Nazis were Smelling the road, but
luckily did not hit any of us. They
did hit a truck between the time
I went down the road and the guns
followed. Here again we found posi-
tons that lie Boche had left for U.s.
and here again we were with the
most forward heavy artillery. In
fact, were in such position we could
look across the valley and see the
Nazis retreating up the hill on the
other side.
We stayed here near Tebourba
until the end of the campaign,
though after the second day the
Nazis retreated beyond the howit-
GERS range. Shortly thereafter we
moved into the valley but after
few days We were relieved-sent
westward.
Greeted Like Hero.
Our trip west was different from
the one east. We all got sun and
wind burned, so much so that we
now look like Arabs. The Arab kids
shouted at us before, but this time
preflxed it with Hey, Johnnie" and
yelled, "Okay Joe" at us necessarily.
The French, some of whom we had
seen holding up their fingers in the
Victory sign when we went east,
came out and hollered and yelled
and threw flowers at us. We felt
like 10, the conquering hero comes"
perhaps getting pretaste of what
the States will be like when we
finally return.
From this account it appears we
have been in some of the big battles
In this campaign but have not par
tlcipated in them as much as some
other units. Frankly, the only Ger
mans that I have seen at close
range were either dead or prisoners.
Our lack of action has been due to
the fact that when we went to the
front tat the time the final push
was beginning) we had air superb
GRITTY. and, after Fondouk and Kali
rouan, air supremacy. However, we
were there ready to do our job con-
stantly alert for the opportunity,
and we were only sorry it didn't
come more often. Though some of
the planes we hit didn't fall, I went
to the Tunis airport after the cam
pagn and saw so many planes too
badly damaged by ack-ack to fly
again that 7 now know we disabled
several. We have been on duty
steadily since December II.
Gives Loud Praise to Men.
My men have been wonderful.
Though they are as spirited and
self-thinking group of men as you
would expect, being real Americans,
they buckled down to the job COM
pletely, and obeyed their commands
absolutely. Thank God they all
came through safely. If I go through
another campaign, I'd want nothing
better than to go through with the
same men.
But we have learned a lot of
things-how to get up and move,
completely, on Is to 30 minutes
notice; how to did in our guns in a
minimum amount of time and ST.
multaneously get the maximum pro-
lection; how to move at night in
complete blackout without getting
lost Zone of the most exciting things
Is to move convoy forward at
night to location you have never
seen, recognizing your location only
by what you remember from the
map you saw during the day, fear
full if you go too far you will get
into enemy territory; how to battle