Elmer and Mickey had a few drinks then thought that the German prisoners should have a drink too. On the way down they came under German shell fire and took shelter in an old house which had a good supply of wine. Elmer and Mickey loaded the prisoners in their jeep and started to return to Headquarters.
In this spot, L/sgt Elmer Applegren and Bombardier, Mickey Lalonde, were up at the observation post and were given two German prisoners to deliver to Brigade for interrogation. In this village our battery command post was located. Fox troop was just below a small village. We had moved into position around September 11 th on a reverse slope of a fairly steep hill. The 17 th Regiment was in position to support the attack on Coriano Ridge. Fox troop for the past few days had been very fortunate in not getting shelled while other units of the regiment sustained casualties.
More times than we liked they would hit and set on fire a vehicle. The dust from convoys or almost any vehicle rose high in the air giving the German gunners a fine target to fire into the dust cloud. When you rode your motor bike down the road the fine dust was up to your foot rests, fine as flour. The days of the early part of September were hot and dusty. Memoirs of Gordie Bannerman Still in Italy
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