Evening star., 1944-08-23
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Of the valley with two others. Out
came three German noncoms with
white nag. They said those inside
wanted to surrender. The sergeant
sent two in to bring out their COM
rades and kept the third. For a
half hour there was no return. Then
Sergt. Cloutman and the German
started in together.
BY that time, he said, he had be-
come convinced thai the German
was sincere. He rather affection
ately called him Jerry. Said Sergt.
Cloutman, Il told him not to bother
to- stand at attention before me.
He said, I'm soldier and l must
Start Out on Motorcycle.
I'VE started out on a German
motor cycle I had captured, with
Jerry riding behind me. We flushed
Germans out Of bitches, from under
meath wrecked tanks ana out of
bushes. All were dazed and some
were wounded. They came out four
or five at time. I would just direct
them back to my company. I final-
ly collected eiglft>~ho we're wounded
too badly to walk. So me and Jerry
went back and got stretcher bearers.
Il must have had a hundred pris-
oners and then jerry said he knew
where there were a lot more. He
took me to where about 1000 were
huddled in field. He addressed
them in German. They were just
wandering about dazed.
He said he and were good
friends. l gave him my pistol as
proof and he f1red. 1t in the air a
couple OF times. That convinced
them.
No, ! wasn't afraid to give jerry
my pistol. I knew he was a mighty
swell fellow.
Flushed Out Others.
Then Jerry and I lined them up
and marched them across the fields
to q camp which had been Just set
up, where turned them over. It
was dark then. We kept on flushing
out others. I had four packs Of
cigarettes and gave each prisoner
one as long as they lasted.
Il got new supply. I collected
a few hundred more prisoners this
way and turned them over to the
American division.
Then we lost our way in the dark.
We found an empty house. Wine
and cake were on the table. We ate
the cake and washed 1t down with
the wine, but when we had finished
the French family came back. They
were mad about 1t. So me and
Jerry climbed in the hayloft In the
barn and slept until daylight. Then
1 took Jerry to the prisoner of war
cage and told the officer to treat
him good after the way he helped
me.
He saluted and we shook hands
I had two silver American dollars
and I gave him one"
Knew Foe Was Demoralized,
Sergt. Cloutman said he was not
afraid to 60 into the valley with
Jerry after the'artillery fire lifted as
he knew how demoralized any Ger
mans left alive must be-but that
he was little frightened after he
was caught in the dark.
Almost as astounding is the story
Iof Pvts. Walter Giebelstein, former
Bennett. Iowa, farmer, and his
bazooka teammate, George Cald-
we'll, Moorland, Ca, a former mill
worker, who knocked out four Ger.
man tanks in 10 minutes under
heavy rifle fire when the enemy
attempted a breakthrough near the
mouth Of the trap at Chambois.
With Pvt. Giebelstein firing and
Pvt. Caldwell loading, the pair
spotted a tank which had broken
away from a motorized column and
started across field toward q
machine-gun platoon. Pvt. Giebel-
stein, who had fired q bazooka only
once before. blasted the tank with
his first shot. Five charred bodies
were found inside.
Another tank broke out of the
column. and from rs yards Pvt
Giebelstein missed his first shot but
got 1t with the second. Five Ger
mans scrambled out of the tank,
but were moved by machine run
fire. It. was the same story for the
third, and only one badly wounded
German ofncer was pulled out OF
the fourth.
| Dozens Of terrified German artil-
lery horses galoped madly in the
valley today before being rounded
up by recent Texas cowboys, who
staged regular rodeo.