Segre
David.Gettman March 14th, 2008
5-10 August 1944
While pushing forward on a reconnaissance the night of August 5, Lt. Lindoerfer’s platoon of B Troop, 42d Squadron, entered the enemy held town of Segre (map I)(map 16) to determine the German strength and dispositions there and also to obtain identifications. The enemy let the patrol penetrate as far as the center of town and then suddenly and heavily attacked it from three different directions at once.
Lt. Lindoerfer and Corporal Pirone immediately assumed the position of the soldier at the front, and began crawling along a gutter under intense small arms fire in an attempt to reach and eliminate the most dangerous machine gun. Continue Reading »
