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Show ! With the Colors Private Ray W. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Davis of Minersville, Min-ersville, now home for a month's i furlough, has been with the 337th "Wolverine" regiment, which re-1 icently took 3000-foot Mount Pra-I Pra-I tone in the Gothic line, digging German soldiers out of elaborate concrete pillboxes and earthworks j on its forested slopes, according to j a press release coming to The ' News. The 337th Infantry regi- i ... a - i-i- orj.i- (tr i ) j: : j nit: ii l. is in uie oui.ii -usLtn uivi- sion, part of the Fifth army in Italy. Two other Utah boys, Pfc. Kenneth R. Harris of Glendale and Pfc. Marr M. Cheney of Clearfield, also are members of this regiment. Its first was its toughest battle, j The regiment won all its objectives when it struck out for Tremensuo- li in the Gustav line last May 12, but in this battle lost a quarter of j all the casualties it has suffered: in seven months of warfare in Italy. At this time, one company! captured a hill and held it against desperate German counterattacks ! for three days and nights, its' numerical strength dwindling in ! this period to 18. The) 337th fought and won a 1 bloody 72-hour battle before Ter-1 raciha, playing a key role in rup- ture of the Hitler line. Theyj moved on through Rome, across the Tiber river and up to Viterbo. The "Wolverines" went back into the line to pierce the Gothic line I at one of its most formidable points. They have been in combat steadily since, struggling forward through the towering mountains that separate Florence from Bologna, Bo-logna, overcoming great obstacles made up of mud, rain, wind and cold and living and fighting on the meagre supplies mules and men can carry up to them on their backs. Colonel Oliver W. Hughes, Memphis, Mem-phis, Tennessee, commands the 337th regiment. v , |