Crisp County GaArchives Military Records.....HARRIS, PFC ZACK P October 21, 1944
WWI U.S. ARMY INFANTRY
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CORDELE MAN RECOVERING FROM BATTLE INJURIES
 AN U.S. ARMY GENERAL HOSPITAL ENGLAND
 PFC ZACK P. HARRIS, OF 909 6TH ST SOUTH, CORDELE,GA. WHO WAS INJURED IN FIGHTING ON
THE OUTSKIRTS OF BREST, IS NOW RECOVERING FROM HIS WOUNDS IN THE U.S. ARMY GENERAL
HOSPITAL IN ENGLAND.
 CAPT. ROBERT H.SCHOENE,OF COLUMBUS,OHIO,HIS WARD OFFICER, SAID PFC HARRIS IS
GETTING ALONG FINE AND IS WELL ON THE ROAD TO FULL RECOVERY.
 PFC HARRIS WAS CUT OFF WITH HIS COMPANY AT A SMALL VILLAGE NEAR DILLARD, AND FOUGHT
OFF ATTACKING GERMANS FOR FIVE DAYS BEFORE BEING RESCUED. THE COMPANY THEN PUSHED ON
THE OUTSKIRTS OF BREST BEFORE PFC HARRIS WAS HIT BY PISTOL BULLET.
 WE WERE FIGHTING DOWN THE SIDE OF A HILL WHEN DEFENDERS OF THE CITY OPENED UP WITH
88 ANDMORTAR FIRE WHICH SLOWED UP A PLATOON ON OUR FLANK. HE RECALLED. I WENT BACK
WITH MY CAPTAIN TO SEE WHATWAS HOLDING THEM. WE REACHED THEIR POSITION AND AS I
PEEPED OVERA HEDGEROW. I WAS SEEN AND HIT IN THE ARM. I THEN WAS EVACUATED TO AN AID
STATION.
 A MEMBER OF THE GEORGIA NATIONAL GUARD .PFC HARRIS WAS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN
SEPTEMBER,1940. HIS MOTHER, MRS. JULIA HARRIS, AND SISTER RUTH COBB, LIVE AT THE
CORDELE ADDRESS.

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