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Everyone knew what he had to do
after they got through the marsh. Nobody
oddly enough at this stage got hit.
On the coastal road in single file
on either side of the road they began
the advance on the battery. No the
casualties were felt- machine guns
& mortar fire fell around them.
In the next few minutes on this quarter
of a mile approach 11 men were hit.

Now 16 platoon turned left to
attack the house while 17 and 18
platoon went for the battery. The
company commander Major Ronald
Lofthouse & Hollis were behind
17 and 18 and when they got near
the perimeter pillboxes, they noticed
that one pillbox had been bypassed.
Hollis spotted two machine guns
moving in the slits. He didn't
say anything he sprinted across
towards the pillboxes & as
he started to run they opened
fire. Somehow, even though they
were firing at 750 rounds a
minute they didnt hit him. He
flattened against the wall of the
pillbox, poked his sten gun
into the gun slit and pressing
the trigger wound the gun around
inside like a hose with his
right hand. With his left he
yanked a granade from his
belt pulled the pin with his