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.1 oeC L 194K Four (4)miles Restota r Prone a
11 October V944 OW (1)1120"oft lt flts. Fra Nile
Is, oe0 bsr I*44 For (4) uesoeut of Lengy, Fuse 57 Mles
1 Ootober *44 1T (2) Ml. Sousth f of Ettlebnok La. VMiles Y
the eBttlion remned in the viointiy of tttlebru*, Luzemburg
trom 19Otober 1044 to 5 Oobor 1944. iDuring this period aintemne
of vehiles and peremal equipemnt we s noplished while all porsomnl
awaitedUwnomtio ato the ission of the ttalieo. uMbs eft
reononmuter for possiblemnmnnt ad noml trips were ode tothe
front lines by Bttallon Staff Promwl In the bivoua a for the
firet time personnel heardthe sod o one artllery firing and beard
alld ar jry firing in return All pernnmel dug slit trnohes nd fox
holes ith an ethusiasm whisehAy had mor before s btd i sue on operatio
0n33 Oetober 1944 the Battalion heard its first 'Base mb'. It passed
directly overhead but we too high to be sea
Moent from the voieint of Ittflebuak to bivoua to wiles west' f
Longler, Belgium me aoeomplishoed on 35 O1etber, 2*44.
gas 88 miles.
the distane o orhoed
T nibvoua area ws a plUted pim forost in eolgtmo Pm this
position both Allied and om ablm. g and artlley oct1d be heart wrv
plinlUy. P s*s and slit trenhes wero dug by all personnel without the
iosae of an *ore ba shlltire sounded oepwially loud and paln, al
slit t te Isediatoly were Sevled don a Iw more Itnd*s
ko is this bvomoa, orders were reeeived to sent tetank platoons
into tiring positims to tire indireot fire Stthe *th Fild Artillor
to re tiring In suport of the th Inatntry Divisaon aullery. On 5
Ootobe r the M p lobes of -pon 'e' tose p latoo leader was nd Lt,,
Sidnqi Le esbevts, aud the 3 plats of 0. 3' oe platoon leader mas
St Li Ionic 4. Itmilm, mowed into firig position just west of
the first romu of m tmioa timored b h1thTan4 Tnk k Dttlis 0tst
the owyVm s-fired at 050 hiours, SO :th. 144, "by Lt. MoehsewUts
pAtoon The Tank that tired the first round we ',0"A' Tank #7p U*S.A.
jI .5l00lS, and we the 1st tnk of the 1n platoOn oft o A'.*A e ow
of the fa wore as followeg
US Li. SiodW Lo Mosbvits a Platooa Lmder ad Tank Ondor
0I t S. bark,. k66l4 - nmero
Toe 4 franpr V, nbetso5 40 Driver.
Fvt Fred tsvelys,8665803
The other g~u :in th nid. platon8 0e '' wee registered on 35 October 19)44
a nd aloe those of the End plateon of' (Maps.? ''.
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