The Texas Mesquiter (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1945 Page: 2 of 4
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1945.
THE TEXAS MESQUITER
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“DALLAS COUNTY’S NEWSPAPER”
Established IMS
Published Every Friday at Mesquite, Texas
MESQUITE, TEXAS
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C’ORINNE NEAL COOK ...................... Editor and Publisher
Entered at the Postoffice in Mesquite, Texas, as second class mail matter.
Oscar Withrow Tells Of 30th Infantry
Division Hitting Normandy Beach
(Pvt. Oscar R. Withrow has been f
overseas 13 months, serving in Hol-
land, Belguim, France and Germany. I
He was an employee of Bell Tele-j
phone Co. 17 years before induction
His wife Mrs. Margaret Withrow,
lives at 2428 Birmingham.)
By Oscar Withrow
For some time I have been hop-
ing I could tell you folks back home^
about this outfit of ours and the
swell record it has made in World
War II from the time it hit the Nor-
mandy beach and began fighting on
June 15. Censorship has kept our
Old Hickory Division's engagements |
pretty much “under wraps” but we
have made a record we’ll stack up
agains any other division's and the
Public Relations staff has made it
easer for us t get tihe information
back to you by summarizing the
highlights of the 3 0 fehs great cam-
paigns and getting this material clear
ed through the press censorship.
This is some of the information we
can tell:
When the 30 th Infantry Division
troops charged through the great-
est concentration of artillery and
mortar fire they had not in the
Western Campaign to storm the
bunkers of the German Siegfried
Line and establish a bridgehead in
the Fatherland, they reached an
objective for which, in three mon-
ths of bitter fighting, they had been
paving the way since the battle
near the beaches.
Smashing the Siegfried Line, the
sector north of Aachen where it
was heavily manned and then aid-
ing in closing the gap that forced
Aachen’s fall constisuted one of the
toughest jobs assigned any division
in the Battle of Europe.
But the 30th Infantry Division
received it’s baptism of fire on a
tough assignment June 15 and it’s
process to the German frontier was
marked by battles that have been
vital in the master strategy of World
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Sermon subject Sunday a. m.—
‘You Can Be A Saviour”
Sermon subject Sunday p. m.—
“Believing A Lie.”
War 11.
The all-important breakthrough
south of Pulverized St. Lo on July
25, a date already historically, sign-
ificant, was spearheaded by the Old
Hickorymen. A real fighting team,
the troops of the 30th had qualified
for that assignment—which batter-
ed open a passage through the
hedgerow country allowing Ameri-
can armor to fan out over France—
by a series of successful offensives
against the Germans. At the outset
the 30th drove the Germans back
across the Vire River. Then in a
spectacular dawn attack the Old
Hickorymen forced a crossing of the j
Vire River and opened the drive on j
St. Lo.
These battles in the hedgerow j
sector were real slugging matches, j
every foot of advance being skill- i
fully and stubbornly contested and i
they were complicated by rough and J
frequent counterattacks.
However, some of the heaviest
fighting remained to be accomplish-:
ed by the 3 0th after it had given'
the “green light” to the armored
drive.
That occured in the Mortain-St. Old Hickory troops drove onto be-
Barthelmy sector when the 30th come the first allied troops in Hol-
took over the area of the First Div- land, arriving there on September
ision at a time when four German 12, after having captured the famous
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I truth, and the truth shall make} j
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= not likely to be bound by religious
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panzer divisions struck in the most. border fortress,
powerful blitz effort of the camp-; September 10.
Mrs. Emma Guidry, a former
Mesquite resident, has returned to
make her home in Dallas after
Eben Emael, on spending several months " in Chey-
enne, Wyoming.
aign, to drive through to Avranches
and separate the American First and
Third Armies.
It was there that infantry rifle-
Maastricht, Holland, fell to the
30th on September 13 after which
Old Hickory troops fought, on into
Germany, elements crossing the bor-
Mrs. B. B. Jones of Bryan and
daughter, Mrs. George Little of
Wichita Falls were recent guests 6f
Mr. and Mrs. G. CC. Randolph.
men with bazookas, artillery and: der at Horbach on September 14.
tank destroyers, tanks, engineers, The attack on the Siegfried Line
ARA units, cooks and messengers, j started October 2, continuing for
with the help of U. S. Planes and j two weeks, to establish the bridge-
RAF rocket-firing Typhoons finally
threw back the German tanks in
a battle that see-sawed for three
days before the Germans concluded
that they were no match for one
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garringer
are expecting to move into the par-
sonage of the Christian C'hurch a-
bout February 15. The .Rev. Garr-j derful trip from Texas,
inger is completing his training at!
Dallas Theological Seminary this' Judge A1 Templeton
Mrs. Jessielea McDearman writes
from Los Angeles, California that
she and her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Badgett and sister had a won-
spoke to
head in what was reputed by the
Germans to be their “impentrable
West Wall.”
More than 1,5 00 battle decorat-
ions have been awarded officer and
men of the 30th Infantfy Division
for gallantry in action and meritor-
ious service in the face of the enemy.
The 30 th Infantry Division is
ccommanded by Major General L. S.
Hobbs who has been twice decorated.
Although it was originally built
around troops from National Guard
units of Tennessee, Georgia and the
Carolinas,and thus gets its name,
Old Hickory, from President Andrew
Jackson, who led troops in that sec-
tor, the SOth’s officers and men re-
present all states in the union.
The Diviision climaxed a colorful
World War 1 history by cracking
the Hindenburg Line, paving the way
for Germany’s ultimate defeat then.
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American division.
In this same battle the great de-
fensive at Mortain-St. Barthelmy,
a battalion was isolated on a hill
near Mortain, cut off without food,
ammuniton, and medical supplies
for five and a half days and despite
the fact the harassed infantrymen
were under constant enemy obser-
vation, artillery and mortar fire, they
refused reparted demands to sur-
render.
The 3 0th Infantry Division was
commended for it’s heroic stand,
for the courage and skill of it’s
men who refused to let overwhelm-
ing odds discourage them in the
battle against tanks at St. Barthel-
my, and for the loyalty and stamina Will history repeat itself?
of the members of the “lost battal-
ion” who defied surrender demands,
their spokesman telling the German
officer: “Go to hell. We wouldn’t
surrender if our last round of amm-
unition was fired and our last bay-
onet broken off in a Jerry belly.”
This battle of the 30th against the
best of the German armor started on
the night' of August 7-8 and a week
later the Old Hickorymen again were
forcing the retreat of the Germans.
The 3 0th troops drove rapidly a-
gainst the Germans to free Evraux
and Louviers, then crossed the Seine
at Mantes Gassicourt to enlarge the
bridgehead there and prepare for
the next breakthrough, this time in
to Belgium.
An opposed infantry speed march
record was made and another com-
mendation won when on August 31
and September 1 the 3 0th dashed
to Tournai, Belgium, covering 180
miles through enemy occupied ter-
ritory in 72 hours. The march was
motorized during the last two days
and was screened by a task force of
the division. The 30th was the first
allied infantry division to enter Bel-
gium.
Still disrupting German efforts
toward an orderly withdrawal, the
Mrs. F. Henderson McDowell of
Berkeley, California writes that she
received the first copy of the Mes-|
quiter sent by her father, J. B. Lee.
Mrs. McDowell’s husband is teach-
ing relaxion to the naval air cadets
in Berkeley. She expressed appreciat
ion for news of her friends and fam-
ily.
The young people of the Presby-
terian- church will have charge of
the service at 11 a.m. Rev. McGaug-
ey is holding a meeting at the Beth-
any Presbyterian Church— Dallas
with fine results.
month and will devote his time to
his duties as pastor of the Mesquite
church.
Mrs. Ed Cobb and Mrs. Davies,
wife of the publisher of the Irving
News Record, visited the Mesquiter
office recently.
Mrs. Maurice Duke has bought
a country place between Whittier
and La Habra, California. Her mot-
her, Mrs. B. P. . Hailey received a
box of avacados and limes, grown
on her place.
Beyond the Date Line, the sub-
ject of study, was presented by Mrs.
Ruth Hilliard before members of
the Methodist Society of Christian
Service at the home of Mrs. Edgar
Lewis last week.
David Switzer, teacher at Boude
Stacy School, formerly editor of
Facts and Figures in the Dallas
News, is now a Mesquite citizen. Mr.
and Mrs. Switzer are living on their
farm, formerly the Anderson place,
at New Hope.
Murray Humphreys, assistant
vice president of the Mercantile
National Bank of Dallas, and Mrs.
Humphreys, visited Mr. and Mrs.
law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Ernest McKenzie last Sunday.
members of the Rylie PTA at their
meeting last Thursday night. Coffee
and doughnuts were served to 50
guests.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Baker attend-
ed the funerai of Grover Fix at
Forney last week.
Forest Thompson has purchased
the building from Roy Haralson and
will continue to operate the welding
shop, and do the work that connot
be done in his garage.
Walk in the light and thou shall see
Thy path, though thorny, bright;
For God, by grace, shall dwell in thee
And God Himself is light.
—Bernard Barton.
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Sunday School .... 10 A. M.
Worship .......... 11 A. M.
Young People ...... 7 P. M.
Adult Bible Study----7 P.M.
Evening.......... . 8 P. M.
I Tuesday—
Missionary Council . . 10 A. M.
Thursday—
Mid Week......... 8 P. M.
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as its maximum guaranty. Thus, the
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for 50%
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