CHERBOURG, FRANCE

NOVEMBER 24th, 1944

Maneuvers went rather quietly for the next few missions. Five or six soldiers were sent ahead now to scout out the area. The extra soldiers gave a greater advantage over the original plan of sending in two soldiers. Germans were beginning to confiscate Allied tanks and a Canadian sergeant went along with the group. He could speak German and warn the other soldiers of any possible threat. On this particular day, the soldiers worked their way around the buildings next to the marketplace. The Germans had been in enough towns that they were able to “borrow” Allied jackets. Replacing the German jackets with the Allied jackets gave the Germans another advantage. They could get Germans could get very quite close to the Allies before being discovered and by that time it was too late. Moving around the perimeter of the town, the Allies came upon another group of Germans, eating lunch. Slowly moving back towards camp the soldiers wanted nothing more than to get back unnoticed. Without any hint of what had happened, the Allies began shouting and welcoming the soldiers back to camp. The noise apparently didn’t reach the German ears because the troop was able to go back into town and confront the enemy. The Allies gained another victory and the Germans were slowly losing ground in the war.