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Show Our Blood Colors African Soil The reverses suffered by American Ameri-can soldiers in Eumsia will have a soberin affect upon Americans who have had the idea that the war is about over and that what . e should worry about .is the eace to be set up after victory. The Germans, it appears are making a strong drive to divide :ie Anglo-American armies They ue using, or have available su- - ior numbers at the point of jntact. . if The strategy of the Nazis, if .- e may consider it on a basis ot ji -sent developments, seems to e designed to inflict a deteat oon the United Nations forces est of Tunisia, before the Brit-..3h Brit-..3h Eighth army, in the bast,, an get into action. The fighting in Tunisia involves in-volves the death of American ;oldiers, now at grips with the normanc fnr the first time since the first World War. Our boys, brave as they may be, are not, yet trained soldiers; they are amateurs engaged in a match with professional fighters and ( temporary setbacks are the price f of experience. . The warfare now joined in Africa will not end until Hitler and his freebooters are utterly destroyed but, at last, we are face to face with the appalling price that must be paid in the . n blood of our soldiers. It is not plaesant to contemplate their sacrifices but, so far as we know, there is no other way to preserve our freedom and civilization. "r 1 |