THE KIDS all know where thft
schoolhouse Is, but Just the same
the school bell rings. Many people
know where your business is; ad
vertising Is the bell you ring.
VOL. LXIV.
The Country’s First “War Loan” Advertisement
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BEN FRANKLIN, at Lancaster, Peensylvania. on May 0. 1755, caused to be written what Is termed the
country's first war loan advertisement. Franklin warned his readers against inflationary prices lest
they “hinder the King's Service," a lesson still good in the Mighty Seventh War Loan. The deeument
was written in German as well as English. Superimposed on the original are the words used by Frank
lin. This was a loan of materials and not of dollars.
New Emphasis On War Loan
Being Placed Here This Week
Cpl. Bob Whitten
Sees-Daugbter
For First Time
Returned Veteran Likes Mem
orial Hospital Plan.
Back at home after twenty-two
months of servic overseas, chiefly
in Africa and Italy, is Cpl. Robert
E. Whitten, of this city, son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. R. Whitten, Sr., of
Roxboro, and husband of Mrs. Kate
Smith Whitten, of Mullins. S. C.
And like all soldiers, cpl. Whitten,
formerly a star athlete with Rox
boro high school and the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is
glad to be at home, but he has a
special reason, his first opportunity
to see his daughter, who was bern
only a few days after he sailed for
Africa.
Cpl. Whitten, who came to Rox
boro last week after first going to
South Carolina to get his wife
and daughter, joins other Person
boys who have been overseas in say
ing, and positively, "America for
me!” Spending months and mon
ths with an Air Service Squadron
repairing big bombers, has, how
ever, whetted Cpl. Whitten’s inter
est in aviation and some of his
most pointed inquiries since return
ing to Roxboro have been about
the degrees of interest shown here
in aviation. Cpl. Whitten, for In
stance, believes firmly that return
ing aviationists will be more than
interested in keeping in practice at
home by working on and continuing
to fly planes and he thinks Rox
boro ought to be getting ready for
such a day—even more than it is.
„ Interested, too, in sports. Cpl.
Whitten, nevertheless, agrees that
the War Memorial hospital plan as
expounded here is perhaps better
for Roxboro and Person than a me
morial stadium, since the hospital
can benefit a larger number of
people. Cpl. Whitten, who saw on
ly one Roxboro resident, Miss Emily
Bradsher, while he was in Itai/,
expects to be sent to further over
seas duty, against Japan, In a :ew
4 weeks or months, but now he is
chiefly glad to be at home again.
■ Atony Way m
Quite frequently the writer of this column talks about gardens
and you will have to admit that it is a good subject for discussion.
One of the best gardens in this city this year is the one belonging
to John Bullock. Now John is really a garden man of the old school.
He raises everything frotai salisfy to lettuce and does a good job on
all of them. He can head lettuce Just like it comes from a store
and he can make salsify taste like a fresh oyster.
He has corn as high as anyone and his potatoes are ready for
eating by the time the frost is gone. He knows his snaps and his
onions as well as any one BUT he hates to work in the garden just
as bad as I do and Is ashamed not to have a good one but he has
no use for sweat on a human being. How he does it is more than
I know.
J. W. NOELL, EDITOR
Special Benefit Film To Be
Shown Thursday And
Friday.
Seventh WarXdfm sales here now
’ tfftal'lftof.dOO 1n K Bctntis Jfnd sifeO.-
000 in the overall quota, according to
[ District Chairman Gordon C. Hunt
j er. who today pointed out that the
drive will receive particular empha
! sis here on Thursday and Friday of
! this week because of the War Bond
benefit showing of "To the Shores
of Iwo Jima'. on those days at the
j Palace, where all purchasers of
! bonds bearing dates of June seventh
and eighth will be admitted free.
Showing of the film is by coopera
tion from O. Teague Kirby, owner
manager of the Palace theatre, and
is at express request from the Unit
ed States government under the
supervision of which the film has
been produced. Mr. Kirby, however,
points out that other citizens, those
who feel that they cannot afford to
buy war bonds at this particular
time, will be allowed to and are urg
ed to buy regular tickets to see the
film, considered one of the most out
standing government sponsored, wa;
films yet produced.
So far in the Seventh War Loan
drive the emphasis has been placed
on the sale of E Bonds, but the ov
erall quota must also be met and
officials hope that the theatre pro
gram on Thursday and Friday will
prove to be a helpful stimulant in
arriving at Person s overalj quota of
$544,000 and at the E Bond quota
of $248,000. Cochairmen for Person
are R. L. Harris and Superintendent
R. B. Griffin, with Miss Claire Har
ris as head of the Woman's division.
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Lane Has Charge
Os Rotary Program
The Rev. Daniel Lane, conducting
a semi-humorous quiz program on
current events and history in the
headlines, was in charge of program
Thursday night, at Hotel Roxboro
for Roxboro Rotary club at request
of W. H. Harris, Sr., program chair
man. Mr. Harris introduced the
speaker.
The Rev. Mr. Lane at the end of
his talk discussed aspects of the
Rotary Foundation, saying that
I clubs in this district have contribut
ed more than those in any other.
TO) t £ourier=TOmes
HOME FIRST,- ABROAD NEXT
Maj. Davis, Os
Zebulon, Press
Group Speaker
Next Meotinir Os Piedmont
j Press Association To Be
In October.
Major Fred L. Davis, of Zebu
-1 lon, returned veteran from Pacific
j duty With the U. S. Army Air
j Corps arid formerly a newspaper
man associated with his father, trie
Rev. T. B. Davis, editor of the
Zebulon Record, was guest speaker
Saturday night at Summer meet
ing of the Piedmont Press associa
tion at Harvey's Cafeteria, Durham,
with Tom Johnson, editor of the
Oxford Public Ledger and presi
dent of the Association presiding.
Major Davis, who was accom
panied by his wife, his brother and
sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Davis, and his father, all of Zebu
lon, gave a frank and facutal ac
count of his experiences at Bou
gainville, Tarawa, Leyte and other
points, impressing his hearers with
the seriousness of the war against
Japan. Major Davis, who expects
to return to Pacific duty in a few
weeks, is an alumnus of Wake Fcr
est College. He frankly said that
he thinks home front spirit here as
far as carrying on the wav against
Japan is concerned is good.
Next meeting of the Association
will be held in October. Courier-
Times representative at Saturday's
session wAs Thomas J. Shaw, Jr.,
who was accompanied by E. D. Ste
phens, of Yanceyville, editor of the
Caswell Messenger. Also present, in
addition to the Davises, were Prof
and Mrs. Roy Parker, of Chapel
Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver of Gra
ham, and Mr. and Mrs. Johnson,
of Oxford.
I Ted Davis for several years lived
in Roxboro, where he was connected
with the Courier.
G. I. Conference Begins Next Monday
The Committee on Service to War
Veterans, appointed by the North
Carolina Banker's Association two
months ago, has been authorized by
President Gordon C. Hunter, of
Roxboro, and the Executive Com
mittee to proceed immediately with
its planned program dealing with
Title 111 of the G. I. Bill of Rights.
The program was first announced
last week.
Louis D. Brooks, Chairman of the
Service to War Veterans Committee,,
said today, Handling loans under |
the present regulations is quite diffi
cult and it is hoped that several
amendments now in the Congress
will revise the law, thus lessening the
ROXBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Commissioners
To Meet Again
Next Monday
! Tax Rate Mav B« Considered
At Special Session.
Person County Commissioners, in
session this morning in their regu
lar first of the month meeting, were
still engaged at noon in hearing va
rious budget requests from County
Department heads; including Person
Superintendent of Schools R. B.
Griffin and Dr O David Garvin,
head of the tri-county healtli de
partment Pressure of budget hear
ings will necessitate a second meet
ing of the Commissioners, it is said
and the date of Monday, June 11.
1 at 10 in the morning, lias been set.
i Possibly to be considered at that
| time will be the tax rate for the
j new fiscal year, which the Commis
jsioners said has not been touched
\ upon in today's session. Breaking
somewhat with precedent, the Com
missioners met tliis morning in the
office of Auditor T C. Brooks. Ses
sions generally have been held in
I the office of W. T. Kirby, register
1 of deeds.
I Among groups appearing before
the Commissioners this morning was
a committee from the Board of Di
rectors cf Community hospital. O. B.
Mcßroom, S. F Marsh and Flem D.
Long, requesting appropriation for
the hospital, on appropriation of
SI,OOO for the 1945-40 fiscal year.
. Figure requested was SI ,000 less than
last year's request.of $2,000, it being
indicated that Community hospital
[is now in much better financial con
dition than it prevoiusly has been.
On the basis that it has been a
long-standing policy of the Commis
sioners not to allow the use of the
person County Court room for gath
erings intended as benefits or to
which admission is to be charged,
petition was denied to the Interna
tional Ushers association to hold a
gathering there oh July 4, as a ben
efit for the Oxford Negro orphan
age. Spokesman forth ushers as
sociation was 'Wiiiiam Nichols. V
Present for the Board of Commis
(Continued on page 8>
Person Students
Return Here From
Wake Forest
Returned home from Wake Forest
college are Six Person County stu
dents who were among the 600 en
rolled there, this year.
; They are: James Earl Hester, of
Hurdle Mills; George Carlye Bar
rett. Johnnie Clyde Gravitte, John
L. Hail, Mary Ruth Long, and Reda
i Urma Umstead, all of Roxboro.
Gravitte is taking the Ministerial
course, Barrett is enrolled for pre
medicine, while Hester, Hall, Miss
ILong and Miss Umstead are taking
courses which lead to the regular
Batchelor of Alts degree. Barrett,
Hall, and Misses Long and Umstead
.belong to the Euzelian Literary So
ciety. John Hall is a member of the
Old Gold and Black staff.
Wake Forest is currently engag
ed in a $7,000,0000 enlargement cam
paign. of which more than $700,000
I has already been pledged, according
jto C. J. Jacksoif. director. Two mill
i ion will be used in the construction
J of 10 buildings, and five million will
;be added to the endowment.
! The College's nine-week summer
I session begine June 12 and will end
Aug. 11. Fall session begins Sep
tember 12,
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Promoted
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Sgt. Nash N. Winstead, of Le.as
burg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nash L.
Winstead and now stationed at
Camp Luna, N. Mexico, has been
promoted from Corporal, it was an
nounced today. An alumnus of
State College, Raleigh, Sgt. Win
j stead, who is on duty with the 505th
j orderly room, 505th headquarters at
> Camp Luna, also attended Plain
View high, school at Dunn, and
Leasburg grammar school.
• I burdens of both borrower and lend
-11 er. We as bankers are determined
)| to see that every veteran shall re-
Hceive in full measure our attention
' \ and the best possible advice, guid
■ ance and assistance under the pro
i! visions of the law."
i! “Caution is needed by the veteran
'in making plans for Home and Farm
I Ldans" continued Brooks, "for the
appraiser must specify normal value
' and to get approval through the Vet- |
, ieran’s Administration is exceedingly'
' I difficult with present inflated'
prices."
“To secure a Business Loan one
i must have had reasonable experi- j
enoe in the specific field applied for, i
MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1945
Court Clerk Dies
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MISS SUE BRADSHER
Double Riles
Held For Boy
And Grandfather
j Funeral service for Frank McCabe,
|!6, of Hurdle Mills, son of Mr. and
Mrs C. W McCabe, also of Person
County, whose death by drowning
occurred Thursday at High Point
was heid at Berry's Grove Baptist
; Church in Person county Sunday
I afternoon; fit o'clock, following joint
I services at High Point Saturday at
4 o'clock for the youth and his
'grandfather, John S. Byerly, 68.
| The grandfather of the youth died
, at his. home earlier Thursday morn
! day morning and the McCabes were
jin High Point to arrange for toe
!older man's funeral at the time
[ Frank McCabe was drowned in a
lake
1 in addition to the parents, other
; survivors of Frank McCabe of Camp
Bl.inding,.' Fla.; two sisters, Mrs.
! Ri.'oie Wolfe of Bushy Fork .arid
! Mrs. Lester Davis' of San Pedro,
Calif.* •
Frank McCabe was drowned at
" o'clock in Pickett Cotton mill res
ervoir at High Point where he had
apparently gone swimming alone.
Smaller boys hearing the youth's
cries fbr help summoned men at a
nearby store but they failed to
, reach the pool in time to effect a
rescue. His body was clad only in
overalls was removed from the res
ervoir by Bill Campbell. Efforts
;to resuscitate the youth with vise
of the iron lung were futile.
The boy's mother had just re
i turned from making funeral ar
rangements for the youth's gruvi
i father when she learned that her
son had drowned.
Rites in High Point were at Penti
'costal Holiness Church there and
interment for the grandfather was
in a High Point cemetery.
Sgt. J. B. Dunn
Kiwanis Speaker
Roxboro Kiwanis Club will have
its regular weekly meeting here
tonight at 6:15 o'clock at Hotel
Roxboro, where an interesting pro
gram has been planned. Speaker
last week was Sgt. J. B. Dunn, Jr.,
here from Florida for a visit with
his parents. Sgt. Dunn, for several
months interned in Switzerland, is
with the U. S. Air Corps and de
voted most of his informal talk to
a discussion of missions on which he
flew, together with a presentation
of his experiences in Switzerland.
He was treated courteously in
Switzerland, he said, although he
was naturally quite pleased to oe re
leased and returned to the United
States.
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Deacons Meet
Members of the Board of Dea
cons of Roxboro First Bapt'st
church will meet tonight at seven
thirty o’clock instead of at eight,
as previously announced.
a justifiable need of services to be
given and a chance of success. The
veteran sometimes misunderstands
these requirements, but the bank
ers are going to do their share in a
full assistance program.”
The Committee has arranged a •
series of group meetings through-*
j out the State for the purpose of ex
plaining the details of arranging
; Veteran’s Loans. Loan officers, who I
■ have had experience in this field of i
'credit, and representatives from the "
' Washington office of the Veteran’s ’
Administration will conduct the i
i panels. i
i The itirst five meetings' of the i
$2.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
R. A. Bullock, New Clerk Os
Court By Carr’s Appointment,
Takes Office This Morning
Many Attend Rites
For Miss Bradsher
j Conducted yesterday afternoon
i here at four o'clock at Roxboro First
j Baptist church, of which she was
jfer many years a member were fun-
I :ral services for Miss Sue C. Brad
sher, 58. of this City, prominent
Person native and since. 1934, clerk
of Person Superior Court, whose
death occured at her home here
at three-thirty o'clock Saturday
morning after a long illness.
Miss Bradsher. first woman to be
elected to the office of clerk of Sup
erior Court in North Carolina, first
| became connected with the clerk's
office as an assistant Under .her
father, the late D.'Afcy W. Brad
sher. who was for many years the
clerk until his own death in 1929.
Miss Bradsher, subsequently and un
til her election to office, continued
as assistant clerk under the late A.
C. Gentry, who was appointed to
fill out the unexpired term of her
father, and under C. Lester Brooks,
present City Commissioner.
Miss Bradsher's mother was the
late Mrs. Mildred Satterfield Brad
jsher. Os a quiet and retiring dis
j position. Miss Bradsher continued
■to make her home here in the fam
i ily residence, South Main street.
I which she only a few. years ago ex-
W. F. West, Jr. r
Has Ordination
Riles Yesterday
ISon of Pastor Emeritus Form
ally Ordained At First
, Baptist.
At the evening, service v ester.'dy
at the First Baptist Church of Rox
boro. Rev. W. F. West, Jr., was or
dained. He is. a graduate of Mars
Hill College, and Wake Forest, and
has been a student at the. So,itn
ern Baptist Theological Seminal v
for the past two years.
Ordination exercises were as fol
lows: Ordination prayer arid lav
! ing on of hands, B. Currm;
charge to candidate, Rev. L. V. Cog
i gins; presentation of Bible. Re J.
Boyce Brooks; Closing prayer, Rev.
W. F. West. Jr.
Before the ordination service
Rev. W. F. West, Sr., Pastor emer
itus, brought the message of the
evening. The choir had prepared
special music for the occasion, the
anthem, "The Lord Is My Light
was beautifully rendered.
The Wests Sr., since leaving Rox
boro are making their home in
Hartwell, Ga„ and this is their List
visit here since moving.
The Wests arrived in Roxboro
Friday night, accompanied by Mrs.
West, Sr., and Mrs. West, Jr.
Woodrow Perkins
Here For Visit
Woodrow Perkins, Person County
native who has been away from this
county for a number of years, is
spending several days in Roxboro.
He is accompanied by Joseph F.
Sullivan of Denver Colorado. Both
I Perkins and Sullivan are With the
;U. S. Merchant Marine and have
; seen service in the North Atlantic,
j Middle East and many other for
eign waters. They have been in ser
vice for approximately three years.
! Woodrow stated that he really had
no horiie now but that he called New
York as much home as any place.
• series is announced by Fred W.
Greene, Executive Secretary, North
Carolina Banker's Association, as
fellows: Monday, June 11, Durham:
Tuesday. June 12. Rocky Mount;
Wednesday, June 13, Washington;
Thursday. June 14, New Bern, and
Friday, June 15, Whiteville.
"Each meeting will be attended
by representatives from approxi
mately ten counties, but all O. D.
T. regulations concerning gatherings
will be strictly followed," says Presi
dent Hunter and other representa
tives from Person and Roxboro will
attend.
'tensively remodeled. Living in the
home with, her were Miss Inda •:
Collins arid Miss Maude Barnette.,
and bernice. Mrs. Frank Santa
Lucia.
Survivors are three sisters. Mrs.
N. C. Newboid. of Raleigh, and Mrs,
Frank J. Hester and Mrs. Errol D.
Morton, both of Roxboro. Another
sister. Mrs. R. A. Bullock, wife of
the assistant clerk of court . here,
died last month. Also surviving are
four brothers. E. E. Bradsher. Sr.,
and London C. Bradsher, both of
Roxboro, S. Merrritt Bradsher, of
Durham, and W. Guthrie Bradsher,
of Bristol. Rhode Island, together
with a number of nieces and ne
phews.
She was an active member of.
tile Roxboro Business arid Profes
sional Woman's club.
Rites were in charge of her pastor,
tire Rev. J. Boyce Brooks, assisted
by the Rev. W. F West, of Han -
well, Ga... a former pastor. Inter-,
mem was in Burch Wood. Cemetery
here.
Active pallbearers were Sheriff M;
T. Clayton, Meilte W Satterfield,
W. K, Moore. R. P. Burns, H. B.
Griffin, Fred L. Masten. W. Rparie
Jones and J. A. Long, Jr,
Sportsmen Will
Meet James Here
On Thursday Night
Hinton James, of Raleigh. State
commissioner of game and inland
fisheries, will be at Person Court
House on Thursday night. June 7,
at eight o’clock to meet with Per
son and Roxboro sportsmen who
are interested in the selection of
a game warden for Person County.
All interested citizens are cordi
ally invited to attend, according
to Errol I). Morton, of Olive Hill,
one of the leaders in calling the
meeting. Pictures of game con
servation will be shown and varied
aspects of hunting, conservation
and restocking will be discussed.
At Starke General
Cpl Hassell Lunsford, Negro
soldier, of Roxboro, son of Mrs. Ada
Lunsford, who has won the Bronze
Star and the European ribbon and
has returned from eight months of
overseas duty in Europe, is now r- -
ceiving treatment at Starke General
Hospital. Charleston, S. C. He has
also received the Purple Heart.
FORMER STRING-BAND LEADER
GETS AWARD FOR GUIDE JOB
With the 28th Infantry Division
In Germany—Pfc. Charlie Allen, 23,
of Roxboro and Hurdle Mills, form
erly leader of a string-band has
been awarded the Bronze Star*
Medal by Major General Norman
D. Cota, commanding general of
heroic action against the enemy" as
the 28th “Keystone Division, for
a guide during Von Runstedt's ill
starred Ardennes counter-offen
sive.
Allen, a member of Company "I,"
distinguished him
self on December 17. 1944, when rlu
division, lying in the path ol the
Germans' all-out drive into Bel
gium, was meeting the enemy blows
with such stiff resistance that, the
Nazi time-table became completely
disrupted. The major problem on
the night of the 17th was a with
drawal of the 3rd Battalion com
panies from Sevenig Hill to a
stronger line of defense at Weis
wampacht.
The plan had every chance for
success except for one thing
Company “I" was surrounded by
the enemy. Its radio was out and
all telephone wires had been cut.
Attempts to reach the isolated unit
in daylight had failed. A, night
patrol, infiltrating the German
liens with orders and plans for the
withdrawal, seemed the only an
swer.
The Intelligence Officer and six
volunteers from Company “K”
formed the patrol. One guide, a
Company “I” runner attached to
battalion, was needed to show the
1 Fatal Highway
Accident
IN PERSON COUNTY IN 1945
DON'T HELP INCREASE IT!
DRIVE CAREFULLY
NUMBER 4
Appointment Made This Morn
in;*. New Deputy Clerk
Also Chosen.
By .appointment from Judge Leo
Carr, of Burlington, resident judge
of the tenth judicial district, R. A.
Bullcck. assistant clerk of Person
Superior court, was designated to
fill out the unexpired term of the
i late Miss Sue C. Bradsher, whose
death occured Saturday morning at
her home here.
Mr. Bullock, a native of Granville
county, but for many years a resid
ent of Roxboro, where he has served
as assistant clerk of the court, was
sworn into office.as successor to Miss
Bradsher -'this morning shortly after
receiving t lie appointment. Oath of
office was administered by F. O.
Carver. Sr., Judge of Person Re
corder's .court.
Designated by Mr. Bullock to serve
under him as deputy clerk is Miss
Nancy Bullock, who has accepted
tile position. Miss Bullock, a daught
er ol Mrs. W. C. Bullock and of the
late W. C Bullock, has assisted in
the .office, several times during the
illness ol the late clerk. Miss Bullock
has been serving as chairman of the
Prisoner of War committee of the
American Red Cross, but expects to
have to give lip this postion in order
to devote.full time to. her new duties.
The new clerk of . the court Who
will serve in that capacity by ap
pointment until the next general
election in November 1946, became
assistant 'clerk of the court eleven
years ago at the time of Miss Brad
sher's election as clerk. Bond oi
SIO,OOO. as required by law, at re
quest of County Commissioners, has
been posted by him.
Appointment of Mr. Bullock as
new clerk of the court was support
ed by numerous recommendations to
that effect to Judge Carr from Per
son County Commissioners, other
officials, the Person Bar Association
and private citizens and was gen
erally expected.
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Services Wednesday
At Primitive Baptist
Elder - N. B. Gilbert of Winston-
Salem and Elder L. P. Martin of
Roxboro will preach at the Primitive
Baptist Church in Roxboro. Wednes
day night at eight o'clock, June 6th.
The public is invited.
RE-ELECTED
All officers including Dr. R. E.
Long, chairman, were rc-elecled
to head the Red Cross here
Thursday night. New directors
are Rev. J. Boyce Brooks. Rev.
.1. 11. Funderburke and Dr. Jones.
way. Both runners. Allen a;.d a
battle-hardened old veteran named
Joe Czapski, volunteered t > go.
"The only reason I'm asking this
of anyone,” the Intelligence Offi
cer explained, "is that it'; better
to lose a patrol than whole com
pany.”
Allen and Czpaski carried this
reasoning a point farther. It was
also better to lose two runners than
a whole patrol. They went out
ahead as scouts.
When the little group neared a
bridge which might be in enemy
hands, the two men went forward
to investigate it. When a German ,
machine gun opened up while the
patrol was hurrying down a road,
Allen and Czapski exposed them
selves in order to give distinct
guidance, swung the partv in an
arc through the woods, and neatly
bypassed the danger.
Finally the patrol reached the
edge of an open field. Before the
German drive started, Campany ”1”
had kept a platoon on the other
side. Were the Yanks stiJ there,
or had Jerry overtaken again?
Again Allen and Czapski advanced,
skirting the left edge of the field.
A'blast of “burp-gun" fire turned
them back. They tried again on
the right side of the field. Thi*
time they were challenged by Amer
ican guards. The patrol came up,
and was guided to' the company
command post, where the plan for
withdrawal was translated inth
action,
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