Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-28

He laws aside the bOok-"The Dumb Gods speak-re
marking apoogetcally
All couvalescents read this kind Of stuff .
With polite unconcern he hears his famous name men
toned in introduction" Quentin Roosevelt name that
once burned like flame hrowe before the eyes OF the first
AE.F
That was when Quentin Roosevelt youngest of
Teddy fell behind the enemy trenches and the Germans took
the manged body and arranged before the of his
Newport his battered helmet the face could be
recognizable and photographed the for propaganda post
cards spread behind our lines
Il never saw my uncle of course Capt Quentin Roose
Welt says quietly but I've copy of that postcard
He gives indication that the postcard or his name might
have accounted for his presence in the Harvard long
before Pearl Haboror his commission in the Field Artillery
the Regular Army June 20 1s4l His family needs no
Pointing to three.inch wound in his right side where
entered the bullet that still lodges in his liver the young cap
tS t.aissr Il, asemsnts in North africa Our
battery landed the amphbious operation oran and for
three days the French fought we'll but was only Oreaste
In Tunisia our bitterest action and my closest
with the cmaxed by one day and night in the Gus
seitia Valley.
Before us rose high bills occupied by Germans and Ita
fans including elements of the 10th Panzer Division holding
up the advance Of infantry. The key the whole ua
ton lay Hill 5SS dominating the valley and the pass
Early that morning took couple Of technical men and
advanced miles beyond artillery battaionsthe 33d
and 7thwhch were supporting the 26th Infantry stalled
here in the hills
We make our way out on a limestone ledge facing and
overlooking Hill SIS.
Machine gun fire splits at the ledge few inches from my
head but by ducng back protection from the slant Of
the rock The mortar fire falls several feet behind
AT that afternoon let everything go and the smoke
and flying debris something and though don't
know at the time that's when the main enemy
really breaks and clears the for the attack that night
Just after dark infantry colonel and make
Nuisance OF the 'front.' preparatory the infantry attack
Following the assault pass group OF 40 80 mixed
Italian and German prisoners Some have their hands up and
are supposedly dsarmed group Of five officers and half
dozen enlisted men stay behind to process them
Nhen back hours later. the prisoners
and the bodies Of the and of the officers lying
there knew every Of those officers I've heard
That two OF the officers are prisoners in Germany
The colonel and ride halftrack down this road and
once for three hours off by snpers and machine
guns from enemy patrols. It's pleasant feeling
"A Jeep rescues and brings back up the road
Two engagements later following Sid Bouzid and Kas-
serine got hit Our artillery driving back German
IN the foothills Bou Chebka.
About 80 that afternoon strafng planes came over
Our artillery was strongly in action arranged in semi
circle behind the hills shooting at tanks with the
Armored Combat Command assisting the coordination Of
artillery battalons, my function communicate with
the battalion commander