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Old November 13th, 2001, 01:01 AM
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Here'smine, but its alittle short as I don't have much time right now.

I awake early in the morning when it was still dark, the fellow soldiers in my camp told me it was time to throw back the american and british forces which took up positions in the woods and occupied a bunker.
We all began to check our weapon and load up with ammo for our rifles. I had my trusty K98 with me, but little did I know I would be using something more powerfull that day. As my unit began to leave for the field me and a fellow soldier stayed behind to wait for our late reenforcements. As we waited I could hear the half tracks and our good old hetzer start up and leave for the field. A short time later I could the the sound of the hetzer and our ig gun firing. I could hardly wait to go out and fight with my fellow soldats of the 4th zug. Soon our reenforcements arrived and we lead them out to the field. The closer we got I began to pick up the sound of small arms fire and then the familiar sound of an mg gun. Soon our force reached the front. I was asigned to help provide infantry support to our hetxer which was blasting a large bunker, seconds later one of our half tracks pulled up and dismounted the ig gun which then fired on americans entrenched next to the bunker. Suddenly to my left a mixed group of heer and SS charged enemy bunker and many of them were shot down during it, but the captured the bunker and the americans in it. After its capture the rest of the Allied force retreated back out of the woods and across a farm field to another position which had their few armored vechiles. We took a break to rest and prepare for our attack. During this time my commander used me as a runner to relay messages to other units preparing to attack. After I was done with this I was assigned to the ig gun and worked on it when the attack began. The main body of our men grouped together behind the hetzer and the half track. Only a few were hit when they crossed the field. Our men fought at the treeline against american paras. At this time our half track came back and we hooked the ig to it and got in. When we reached the tree line. Everyone in the crew got out to support the half track as infantry, well I stayed in to work with the morter crew in the half track. After blasting the allies out a ditch we saw a amercian greyhound appear around the bend in the woods. Quickly me and another crew member got out and took the panzerschrek to knock out the american vechile. I acted as the loader. With one shot we got the greyhound and after that all the allies resistance ended and we had won the day.

That was the first senaro of the day I don't have enough time right now to write about the second one, but I will soon. Sorry about the poor grammar.
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