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...midmorning the U.S. Seventh and the British Eighth Armies had entered Messina in force. Then from the pine-covered hills on the Italian mainland, three and a half miles across the Strait, German big guns lobbed over their shells. Quickly the bulk of the Allied troops withdrew from the city...
...battle lasted for seven hours. When the Japs finally withdrew, Kliebert had lost three of the handful of brave men who had fought beside him while others were evacuating the wounded, had killed 175 Japs. He estimated that the Japs killed at least 20 of the wounded, most of whom could not walk...
...guns and the Honeys took the steam out of the Germans; they withdrew a little. Momentarily our rear was safe. But with the 3rd battalion driven back on our right, our position was still uncertain. The only thing to do, said the Colonel, was to attack, take White House Hill and deprive the Germans of observation. It did not matter that we would be isolated. We had to take the hill...
Next big action was at Santa Cruz, where Enterprise was badly damaged and withdrew for repairs. But Bill Halsey had to order her out to meet an enemy thrust before she was entirely restored; Navy "Seabees" rode along from the base and were still hard at work patching when she started sending her planes into action. In the final round of the Solomons battle last November, the torpedo bombers caught a Kongo-class battleship, slapped it with six tin fish and left it dead in the water...
Spring had come, and the University announced that athletics would be distinctly curtailed for the duration. Then the Crimson withdrew from the Eastern Baseball League, and later in the spring football was ruled off the books. It was a prepared death blow; most people expected...