Adams charged forward dodging from tree to tree firing a borrowed BAR from the hip. Although his company had progressed less than 10 yards and had lost 3 killed and 6 wounded, S/Sergeant. Adams braved the concentrated fire of machineguns in a lone assault on a force of German troops. When his company was stopped in its effort to drive through the Mortagne Forest to reopen the supply line to the isolated third battalion, S/Sergeant. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty on 28 October 1944, near St. Army, 30th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. View pricing below video player.Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. This historic stock footage available in HD video. Body being carried through lines of soldiers at attention. Body being borne into American military cemetery in Hamm Luxembourg (later established as Luxembourg American Cemetery). Half truck bearing body of Patton passes. Parading tanks and half tracks in the funeral procession. Funeral procession moves along streets of Luxembourg. Minister leading procession from church, followed by casket, casket being put into the ambulance again for transport to Luxembourg. Ambulance moves along a road followed by soldiers on foot. soldiers carry Patton's casket out of villa and put it into an ambulance as soldiers stand at attention. Exterior of military hospital at Heidelberg. General George Patton in December 1945 in Hamm, Luxembourg after World War II.
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