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Show White Parka Fools Nazis; 20 K:lled, 20 Captured WITH THE U. S. SEVENTH ARMY, FRANCE. Sgt. Doff Williams Wil-liams of Beckley, "W. Va., wore a white parka coat in the line one day and. as a result, 20 Germans were killed and 20 more were captured. Williams, a squad leader, was at an outpost when he saw 50 soldiers, also in parkas! walking toward the rear on his right, j "I thought they were G.I.s," he said. "I called and asked why they were leaving the line but got no reply. re-ply. I went out to investigate. When I caught up with them, a Kraut came up' and ordered me in German to set up a machine gun at the cor-j cor-j ner of a nearby house. J "I realized immediately that the Germans had made the same mistake mis-take that I hjid," he added. Williams picked up the German 1 machine gun, walked around the , house and found some American soldiers sol-diers who were dug in. He reported to their commanding officer, told them of the oncoming Germans, joined them in the attack and the Yanks took a heavy toll. |