Remnants of another US rifle squad force out some Germans and occupy
a trench. This involved some fierce close combat and earned the Sgt a
Silver Star.
US mortar team provides some suppression fire
While a 0.30 cal MMG provides covering fire, a US rifle squad charges
across the open ground and tries to flank the pillbox.
After the MG-42 "barks", the Sgt shouting "follow me"
turns around and asks, "where'd everyone go?"
The "butcher's bill" or cost of battle.
After the flanks were secured, a team of combat
engineers attacked the central German pillbox from outside the MG-42's arc
of fire (they saw what happened to the rifle squad earlier.