Crisp-Wilcox County GaArchives Military Records.....STEPHENS, S-SGT JOHN H 
WWII U.S. ARMY CO H 328TH INFANTRY
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WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 July 25, 2011, 2:24 pm

CORDELE MG TOTER WINS STAR,AND SETS RECORD
 MAKING A RECORD DOESN'T MEAN A THING TO S-SGT JOHN H STEPHENS, SQUAD LEADER IN CO H
OF THE 328TH INFANTRY. 
 STEPHENS, THE FIRSTMAN IN THE REGIMENT TO WIN A BRONZE STAR FOR ACTION AGAINEST THE
ENEMY ON GERMAN SOIL, GOT IMPATIENT WHEN SNIPER FIRE STARED COMING AT HIM FROM ALL
DIRECTIONS.
 HE COULDN'T SWING HIS MACHINE FAST ENOUGH, SO HE SNATCHED THE 30 CALIBER WEAPON 
FROM ITS TRIPOD AND RAN DOWN THE STREET.
 WHEN THE SNIPERS OPENED UP SO DID STEPHENS. THE BIG GERMAN BORN DOUGHBOY SWUNG THE
GUN IN ALL SORTS OF ARCS,PICKING OFF GERMANS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. KRAUT FIRE
GOT EXTRA HOT FOR A MOMENT,FORCING HIM TO FALL FLAT, BUT HE FIRED FROM THAT
POSITION, TOO. 
 BEFORE HE'D FINISHED, HE HAD FIRED FROM EVERY POSITION EXCEPT THE HIP.
 IT WAS A LITTLE CLUMSY FOR THAT, STEPHENS ADMITTED. NOT THAT IT WAS TOO HEAVY,BUT
THE AMMO STRIPS GOT CAUGHT UNDER MY FEET.
 TOLD HE WAS THE FIRST MAN IN THE 328TH TO GET THE BRONZE STAR FOR FIGHTING THE
KRAUTS ON THEIR OWN LAND, STEPHENS LOOKED SURPRISED, I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS DOING THE
FIRST OF ANYTHING. HE SAID I JUST LIFTED THAT MACHINE GUN FROM HER TRIPOD AND
BROUGHT HER WHERE SHE'D DO THE MOST GOOD.
 STEPHENS IS THE SON OF MR AND MRS J.H. STEPHENS OF CORDELE. HIS WIFE RESIDES IN
PITTS.

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