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get him to stop + go with the other prisoners
but he wouldnt stop so the tank commander
mr. fuller ordered us to put + burst into his legs
the gunner couldnt fire his gun. The solenoid
had gone. That ment I had to fire the 0.30 by
hand. He shouted fire I put a short burst into
his leggs. He still tried to crawl away. I cried
for him and then I had an order to finish him off.
I put a long burst into his body. I saw the
impact of the bullets raise him off the ground
+ his equipment waterbottle + strappings fly off
his body. [crossed out] He's with me now. He will always be. [end crossed out].
We found out from the prisoners that we were
fighting the toughest tank regiment the Germans
had. The Panzer Grenadier, from famous
Lehr Div. They trained all the panzer divis.
then there was Tiger, Tiger Day. We lost 138
tanks that day. We started the battle early light
we woke up in some hills looking accross a valley we were
hidden in an orchard we suddenly spotted the [?Gerries?] at
about 35oo yds + Fredy Fielder opened up with his fire fly
917 pounder on a tank.