Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 March 1943 — Page 31

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Churubusco; Clara Files, Flora, Ill.; Charles McClung, Kirklin; Rozelle LaFavre, Puente, Cal; Craig Uncapher, Lafayette; Mildred Hockersmith, Rushville; Wayne Walters, - Logansport; Dan Moore, Danville, 1.; Louis Beaver, Noblesville, and Betty Clutton, Indianapolis. Miss Virginia Cravens, dean of

By EDWARD Ww. BEATTIE United Press Staff Correspondent . GAFSA, March 17 (Delayed). | Diy platoon of Americans headed by a second lieutenant, plus two ,{men with mine detectors took Gafsa '| today. Not a shot was fired. Nothing went wrong, and they didn’t even flush an enemy plane. I can testify to that because '| Charles Corte, an Acme news pic‘tures photographer, and I went into Gafsa with that first platoon, We entered the dusty, deserted streets of the oasis town :while infantrymen with bayonets : fixed fanned out in twos and threes down side alleys. Second Lieut. Everett Booth, Chi-

: “hit tomy gun across bis back and | said:

“This is a sad atsappotntment. They cleared. out. This happens so often.” : Lieut. Booth said his chaplain | wanted to get into Gafsa in’ time for a St. Patrick's day mass, but Gafsa fell at 1 p. m., too late for! mass.

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of the preparation for this show and evidence that the axis is past

Leave Booby Traps

mines, ; sudden ‘reports of artillery {behind us and an occasional plane

The fact the entry was not, op overhead, into- the fringes of America’s southwest desert.

fighting for unimportant objectives. broad asphalt road through scrubby “Along the [to Gafsa. As we waited ‘while the roads were cleared of mines, T listened to the radio of a jeep.

Gafsa is not important, so the|semi-desert countryside. axis withdrew without fighting, but | base of the weatherbeaten hills to leaving the usual booby. traps and|the right, a long line of ‘transport and infantry slowly pushed forward.

American light and Peasy olipment and infantry ‘were moving through the town ta carry the fight eastward into the hills—or- farther.

“The advance into Gafsa, except for ‘occasional ‘ ‘delays ‘to clean up

overhead, might have been a spring

Road Is of Asphalt - We approached the town: down a

io a a lun of half track: vehicles pushing along, ignoring two camels which wandered aimlessly in its path. Farther beyond, tank busters and trucks converged. Every so often a little yellow lizard crossed the dusty road. The perfume of tiny, purple desert, spring flowers filled the air. ‘Goat's Mouth’ Guarded Ahead of us, the first group of {infantry moved into a saddle beside a hill known as the “mouth of the goat,” which guards the approaches

“The enemy is being shelled along

rE Guitar road” it sid “laying miles more, and Tm going to fall] out.”

mines £5 he retires.” 4 - A tired soldier cursed pines.

lof the road, looking at five pine crosses in a little graveyard. Each

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Gafsa has a sort of “Beau Geste”

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desert fort; one end of which had 5. ut 8-9 i tomarow 1 fie Vert

Just below the goat's mouth, five American soldiers stood at the side been Semalishotl when ig Sie:

It was almost empty today. Most| Her 3 Kohn, Vorthy

Find 15 Mines

A the entrance to the town,|cigarets. « where the German$ had hlown a huge crater in the roadway, we toured through Arab huts and over|, ... lifting at last 15

de- man say,

As the troops were ordered to rise and advance I heard one dusty|will have a chicken supper, at 5:30 soldier declare, wearily: “Forty-nine|p. m.’ tomorrow in Castle hall.

cross German steel helmet of the Arabs had fled to the hills had a 8 elmet at when the bombers came over and Bernice the few that remained or straggled in later said “hello,” and (begged ist

I heard the same tired nfantry- | Me “I'm going to swipe my-| self a donkey {from one of. these

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