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article about John JosefowskYs
first combat exp-rIence during
mianuevers. It told of his belin
out on the point when three
!-ocIous dogs from a nearby
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prse attack. Having only an
empty MI and months of trar.
mrg with the 17th. Jcohn, with a
lightning butt stroke sent one
dlog sprawling. a faat poke with
the barrel t o ok care o
number two. He ejixmlnated the
third bast in h an d to paw
combat i Later that night we
got the truth out of John. The
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smartly on their first parade for their commond- aCnrs Fu
ing general The scene is Camp Polk, La acs Fl
where the div ision trained before movinrlO "'ill holdt
Texas. INssCsC.s of h stee tread'ay pontoon bridge
erton Loke, Lou s ono This bridge
he hea c'-t eqmomnen? the d vtsionA 17,1r~-rtent :f re cxat,&n r rren ..i the Hellcat
Dis stn as tanks and other vehicles gather at the close
Af a combat training problem.This wel-camouf'aged
bie for the "enemf inHelrcats trade blanks ftr
I be lurkmng death f-rmachine-gun nest means trau-
the battle exercise When the
ball ammunition, this technique
the Japs and Nazisa
A Hellcat gunner sights
an 8! mm mortar, prepar-
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pOsittionl beyond the crestby Mo1 Gen Caruis Brewer, c mnmandtng 'general, 12th
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