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XIX Corps in Action (22VA- Private Bob Williams with the XIX Corps sanewhe--( _ in Germany sent his mother, Mrs. Maio V/illiair.s a very ^ interesting map reciintly. This map shoves the progres. ^ m£),de by his corps, from D-0ay (June 6, 1944) on to —^Germany. - Mrs^ Williams kindly brought this map 3jr. '' fo-i^ the Hoover Rail Staff to look over and we have enjojred it immensely. V/hile \ve look at the map and trace the progress Bob’s corps has made^, we realize that he and many other Cleveland County boys have participated in the events that make up this altogether interest^Jig'raap - its not an ordinary map like we studied in'school, its more like a pictorial map, showing the line of arch made' by this Corps,with' all the l:ind no.rks desi^inntsd'by a., snail picture and description, 11:16 one that appealed to us the most was the picture depicting the fall of St, Lo on the 18th of July, This long bitter battle vdll go 'doF/n in history as one \i th a great deal of human appeal - everyone of this present generation ;vill long remember the "l.ia.jor of St. Lo" that gallant soldier, who told his men they would be the first at St. Lo^'S fa.ll and had promised them "You will see me in St. Lo," and children in the coming.generations will read'of the "Major of St, Lo" and be inspired by his greatness and the . love his men bore for him. To us, in CleA/eland County, the Major becomes some one we kno^v, when we realize that he is Major Thomas D, Hov/iei brother of Mrs. Hubert Plaster'of Shelby, V^hile most of us do not. lnov; Mrs, Plaster, many of us do know her husbpnd. Dr, Hubert Plaster, and thus,we feel ths.t Major Howie is really very close to all' of us, • An'd thoug-h Mrs, Plaster and her immediate family feel his loss very keenly nov«, they have the comfort of knov^ing that the 'Major of St, Lo" shall never die in men’s hearts, ' We are publishing the following poem, "Incident at St. Lo" by the American poet, Joseph Auslander, to memorialize the takingof the body of the Major into St, Lo by his troops, ■ _ ., ' Incident At St, Lo They rode him in, propped, strai^t and proud and tall. Through St. Lo’s gates,,,He told the lads he led That they would be the first at St. Lo’s fall But that was yesterday and he was dead;' Some sniper put a bullet through his head. And he slumped in a meadow near a v;all; • And.there is nothing further to be saidj . ’ "Nothing to say nothing to say at all, , Ride, soldier, in your dusty, dizzy jeep. Grander than Caesar’s chariot I 0 ride Into the town they took for you to keep. Dead captain of their glory and their pride’ Ride through our hearts fore-ver, through our tears. More splendid th?m the hero hedged with speaijsl ’Jve*d like to tell you more about the XIX Corps map, but space prohibits, Thr.nks, Bob to you and to your Moms, for lotting us see this wonderful mr.p - We’re proud of your XIX Corps, proud of the part you’ve played in their many undertakings ajid vjish for you all the luck iia the world, _ • . •it Late News Flash Feb,' lst-~-S/fegt, 'George H. Hart, Jr, has just completed his 50 . missions as nose tui'ret gunner cn a B-24 in Italy. Goprge is with the 15th Air Force and believe yr\i ne, little George.may be "sweating', out" his transportation home, but he’3 not the only one v/ho Sweating it out" - his Monis £:'Pops arc too, they’re simply ^7alkin, just v/aiting for thr.t telephone call, saying "Moms, I^m home"llIt on air and
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