Crisp County GaArchives News.....CORDELE MARINE SAVES WOUNDED MEN IN FOX HOLE 1943
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WYLIE SHEPPARD JR. http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 April 25, 2011, 1:45 pm

CORDELE DISPATCH 1943
GUAM DELAYED AUGUST 18-
A CORDELE GA.,MARINE ,PRIVATE FIRST CLASS LOREN LEE PATE,KICKED A SIZZLING 
JAPANESE HAND GRENADE BACK DOWN A HILL FROM THE LEATHERNECK POSITIONS TOWARDS 
THE JAP WHO THROW IT,SAVING THE LIVES OF TWO WOUNDED MEN WHO WERE LYING IN HIS 
FOX HOLE LAST NIGHT.
THE MARINES WERE ENTRENCHED ON THE TOP OF A RIDGE WITH A STRONG JAPANESE FORCE 
OPERATING IN FRONT AND BELOW THEM IN A WOODED RAVINE.THE JAPS HURLED ATTACK 
AFTER ATTACK AT THE MARINES. ALL WERE BEATEN OFF.
IN ONE ATTACK ,A JAP CREPT TO WITHIN 10 YARDS OF PRIVATE FIRST CLASS PATE'S 
FOX HOLE AND HEAVED A HAND GRENADE. THE MISSLE LANDED BETWEEN THE MARINE AND 
TWO MEN WHO HAD BEEN WOUNDED IN A PREVIOUS ATTACK. PATE STOOD UP AND BOOTED 
THE GRENADE BACK TOWARDS THE ENEMY POSITIONS ,WHERE IT EXPLODED.

Additional Comments:
MORE STORIES OF BRAVE CRISP COUNTY MEN DURING WW 11

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