General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

at 1400 on 3 Mach 1845 by Cornpanu C in conjunction with an attack by the
1st Battalion, 255th Infantry, attacking on the left to secure the woods northeafit
of the quarrs. While attempting to seizc the northern end of the quarry, they
were halted for 2 clays and nigllts by concentwtrd enemy morl.nr and m~chinegun
firc and suifered tre~nentlous losses. At the same time, two conumnies on
Uleir left had been unable to acivxnce berrnlsa of the ovcrmhclming fire power
directed nt them from the northern end of the quarry. On tile niglit of 4
hlarcii, reconnaissance gntrols Irmn Company C succeeded in Iacaling some
of the well-caiuocflngeri machine-gun positions. Later that night, tile com-
IIII~:~, wi 111 less thau oue-quarter. ul its origiiial strenytlr and the rnerr exhausted
by 2 days and rligl~ts of violent ocliou, rri;cwed 111e attack, li'itil grent ~aior,
8kii1, iimi tleLenniniliioa. the assnuit was presse? homv mil the fii~nl heights
were ~m.i.iCC1. The exlraordi:mry coi~m~?, R~;i.liiy, wlii tetiil~ity cf puI.POse
i ~ ix~ssin" i the altnclr ;ind mpt~ui.i~lg ti>is ritnl ,vi:wy position zd:eci tlic highest
ercdit on rlle officers and luen of CohLp(1727~ C, 25Stl Infol~tl.# I?(~gi#iel~t, G3d Zlrinntyi
iIi!isi:>il, ili~i llie ;ii.wrd fwces ai !he Unit