The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-21
Negro Ordnance Unit Kills Thirtyfive
Germans And Cleans Out Pocket

WITH THE u. S. FIRST ARMY
At the end Of q furious scrap In
A little French town near the Bel
gian border. a Negro Ordnance am
munition units 81 man cleanup
SQUAD had slain IS Nazi IS troopers
and wounded three more. while
cleaning out an isolated pocket OF
German resistance.
The scrap occurred as the unit
was preparing TO move its am
muntion depot into position 10
supply units OF the First Army,
hammering against the Siegfried
Line. The Germans had dug in
at the village. and their presence
was made known TO the unit COM
mander. Captain Jack Carstarphen.
239 Bailey avenue, Fort Worth.
Texas. by members OF the French
Forces OF the Interior.
Captain Carstarphen divided his
unit into three sections OF 20 men
each. under command OF First
Lieutenant Loyal Price Of Decatur.
Illinois: Second Lieutenant Sey-
mour Goodstein. OF Brooklyn. New
York: and himself A personal
reconnaissance Of the area wsS
made. and Lieutenant Price de-
ployed all three sections. moving
them in from different directions
The men were armed with only
carbines and rifles. and a few in
cendiary hand srensdes. The Ger
mans were using automatic ma
chine pistols. in addition to their
other weapons.
Met With Heavy Fire
Lieutenant Goodstein. who spoke
German. worked his way towards
a barn where the largest group OF
Germans was hiding. and asked
them 10 surrender. He was met
with volleys from the machine pis-
tolls. and fighting began.
Corporal Paul Wood of Chicago.
Illinois, who dropped the Nazi who
had fired at Lieutenant Goodstein.
The German withdrew TO the in-
terror OF the barn, and blind Airing
began. Technical Sergeant Harold
F. Jackson. OF 6l2-A West Walnut
street. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, vol.
untered to move in close to the
barn door, and threw an incendi.
airy grenade into the building. The
building burst into flames, and
the Germans came out fighting.
The Negro soldiers opened Are on
them.
Priv: First Class Lindsay Cars.
well. 1925 Buffalo avenue, Jack.
sonville. Florida and Private FRS,
Class Mason Hendricks, OF South
cton. Virginia. each killed three
Germans with Carswell wounding
c1e other. One shot by Hendricks
was a Nazi officer.
Men Wounded
Private Jim Scott. OF us Rob-
ertson street. Shreveport. La, com.
pany orderly and bodyguard to
the company officers. also killed
two Nazis. Scott told First Ser
geant Louis Reynolds, Of 1919 South
Kedzie avenue, Chicago. Illinois:
1T sure did something to me TO
see one OF our boys lying there,
wounded with all those bullets fly.
ing around. I never did call on
the Lords name any more than
did right then"
Private William A. Wheatley, OF
Hardingsburg, KY. evacuated two
wounded comrades, driving .
three-quarter ton truck through the
held OF hre twice. Techniciar
Fifth Grade Clark c. Galloway,
$40 West King street. Bedford. va.
had carried water to the wounded
as they lay on the ground. await
ing help.
On the lighter side, STAFF Ssr-
geant Matthew Gesl, l246 South
Sangman street, Chicago. Ill. re-
ported having lost a priced box
OF Copenhagen snuff. rs he ducked
violently to avoid the hre Of Q
German aiming at him.
Among the other members Of the
unit who performed valiantly. be-
fore the Germans were subdued.
were: Corporal Lewis Hinton, 1T
North Wood street, Chicago, Ill;
Pvts. First Class Alien Ashbury,
2l8 West l4lst street. New York,
New York; Private First Glass Alex
Scott. $50 West Mill street. Ches.
ter. s. C.: Private James Bradley.
1910 Brown avenue. Evanston, III:
Private Marion Griggs, Macon, Ga:
Pvt Robert Murray. 2082 Eighth
avenue, New York; Pvt. Robert C..
Martin, l724 Hall street, Dallas,
Texas. and Private johnson Smith
OF 1928 fitzwster street Philadel.
phia. Pa.
The men have been highly
praised by Captain Carstarphen.