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But already the two are on the first leb In France they are taken to the French under-

MEDAL OF HONORjpROM all sides came the deadly ratatatatat of

German machine guns pinning down theAmerican attackers. With every passing mo-ment their casualties were mounting. The mendid their best to hide among the trees and thickshrubbery; but they got little protection fromthe hail of lead that came at them from all di-rections.

These were the men of the 308th Regimentand they had been cut off from the rest of theAmerican Army. Trapped in a small valley deepin the forests of Northern France, they hadlittle hope of breaking out. It looked like theGermans would wipe them out unless help wasforthcoming, and forthcoming soon. The menwere beginning to reach the end of their endur-ance and it was only a matter of time, beforethey had to give up.

Their worried Captain rubbed his stubblechin thoufhtfully and came to a decision. "Ser-geant Early!" He harked.From beneath a nearby shrub an anxious face

peered out and answered the. Captain. "Yes,sir!""

"Sergeant, if we stick around here, we'redone for. We're in a mighty tough spot, I wantyou to take a patrol and see if you can find away out; If we don't move quick we'll be wr>edout. Get going, there isn't a minute to lose!"

Sergeant Early crawled out from uuder thesheltering bush and looked around. Quickly hecalled out the names of the men he wanted togo with him. Then, as he was about to leave, heturned and beckoned to a redheaded

-Corporallying behind a nearby tree. "You better cometoo, Al," he said. We can always use a goodrifle on a joh like this."Al grinned up at the sergeant and got to his

feet, A moment later the tiny patrol was pick-nig its way noiselessly through the woods. Theyknew that the slightest noise would bring theOman's fire directly on them. One slip, anddeath wsuld be on them all.

Like Indians stalking deer they slipped be-hind the German gun emplacement, Suddenly"the sergeant froze and held up his hand. Thenhe pointed ahead. "Do you see what I see!" hewhispered. "Right there just across the brookl"

The men stared, their jaws tightening. There,before a small shack stood some German soldierstalking to their officers. Early waved his hand."We've got to surprise them. If they get thedrop on us we're dead ducks. Spread out andwhen I give the signal come in shooting!"

Silently the Americans spread out and tooktheir positions. Scarcely daring to breathe, theywaited for Early's signal. After what seemedan interminable time it came. As one man theydashed toward the banks of the brook.They splashed through the chill water to-

wards the Germans, and caught them completelyby surprise. The Americans had the advantageof surprise and within a few minutes the fifteenmen of the patrol had captured thirty-threeGerman soldiers and officers!-Working rapidly and silently, the Americans

lined their prisoners up and disarmed them.Then, as they were about to march them off, awithering barrage of bullets came at them fromevery gjde.

Stunned at the suddenness of "the attack, the.

Americans dropped to their stomachs to escapethe terrible crossfire. But- it was too late. Sixof the tiny patrol fell dead and three more werewounded. *

One of the ^three wa**"Sergeant Early. Inagony he called the redheaded Corporal to hisside. Writhing with pain he gasped out his in-structions. "Al, he whispered, "you're in com-mand now."

pERHAPS Early didn't know it, but he hadchosen the best possible man for the job.

Al had been brought up in the mountains ofTennessee, where every man learns to handle arifle as soon as he is old enough to walk. Alknew the ways of the forest, and he had beenthe best shot in his county back home. He couldtell by just listening the difference between amovement of an animal and a man's lightestfootstep He knew too, at that moment, howdesperate was the situation the five Americansleft ami himself.

Certain that rescue was at hand, the Germanprisoners stared defiantly at their captors. Alknew that at the slightest relaxation of their

vigilance the Germans Would pounce on themand kill them.

He made his decision and turned to his men.-"Watch these Krauts. I'll take on any attackby myself! Just leave the shooting to me!"The men stared at him as if he had gone

crazy. Did he think he could take on the GermanArmy all by himself? But they didn't knowAl. The six-foot redhead from the mountainsof Tennessee intended to do exactly that.

With iron courage and steel determination hetook a post behind a nearby tree and waited.He knew that the least movement would bringa hail of machine gun bullets streaming at himwith deadly precision. But still he held hisground. Whenayer a moving shape came intohis gun sights he fired.

Though an ordinary man might have quailedat the task that was before Al, the Corporal

never faltered. His keen eyes roved the area be-fore him spotting German after German as theymoved through the trees. Lik an automaton heaimed and fired, aimed and fired, hardly pausingbetween shots. Twenty-five bullets he sent speed-ing from the barrel of his rifle and twenty-fourGermans dropped.

In the German ranks fear began to spread.What kind of rifleman was this who could killalmost every time he squeezed the trigger. De-termined to get him before he wiped them outthe Germans sent an eight-man patrol to chargehis position.

Dashing out of a hilltop hiding place, theGermans charged down the hill. Al watched andwaited until the lead man was sixty feet away.Then with cool precision he began to fire. Downwent the officer. The others still came on. Againhe squeezed the trigger, then again, and again,and still again. Eight times he fired and eightGermans lay dead. The charge was stopped.

There was a sudden silence as Al stoppedBhooting. It was deathly tfbiet. From their hid-ing places all around them the frightened Ger-mans stared out at the deadly toll taken by themountaineer's rifle. Then there came a suddenshout.

From behind the German lines stepped a Ger-man Major waving his arms in surrender. "Stopfiring," he shouted. "Stop firing and we willsurrender l*"*

As he stopped talking German soldiers pour*ed from behind every rock, tree and shrub, theirhands held high above their heads.

"Kamerad! Kamerad!" they shouted. "Wesurrender I"

The embattled Americans stared in disbelief.They couldn't believe their ears. Then they gotto their feet and began to disarm the Germans.When they had finished they had ninety-twoprisoners.

The five men of the patrol were elated, butAl still was worried. "We're still in Germanterritory," he said. "There are Krauts every-where. We won't be safe till we get out of herewith our prisoners."

He thought a moment and then ordered theGermans to march directly ahead of him, hisdeadly rifle pointed at their backs. Then he gavethe orders to move.

They hadn't gone far before they stumbled ona nest of German machine gunners. Astoundedat the sight of the ninety-two prisoners they

believed a whole American regiment must bebehind them. Afraid to fire for fear they wouldkill their own men, they surrendered and joinedthe procession.

Again they came to a machine gun nest andagain the Germans, believing themselves great-

ly outnumbered, surrendered.

By the time Al and his five men reached theAmerican lines they had one hundred and thirtyprisoners and had put thirty-five German ma-chine guns out of action

!

The' American commander stared in amaze-ment as he saw the prisoners pour irf. He shookhis head. "What is this?" lie gasped, "do youmean to tell me that you six men captured allthese men?"

"No," they replied, "just one man did it.The Corporal here. He's a regular one-manarmy!"

Al was promoted to Sergeant on the spot anda few weeks later he stood before the Command-ing General who pinned to his blouse the high-est award his country could offer for braverybeyond the call of duty.

"It is a proud moment indeed," he said, "toaward the Congressional Medal of Honor to aman who deserves even more. My heartiest con-gratulations, Sergeant Alvin York I"

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