US Army's First, Last, and Only All-Black Rangers by Edward L. Posey

Author:Edward L. Posey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bisac Code 1: HIS027020
ISBN: eBook ISBN: 978-1-61121-036-1
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Published: 2011-01-18T16:00:00+00:00

Wheeler S. Small, Jr.

[Note: Ranger Small was wounded at Tanyang Pass and returned to the company after getting a ten-day R&R from the Osaka hospital. He said that he got a twice-daily massage with oil from the nurse because of his extremely dry skin. He went higher in “Buffalo Heaven” for ten days while on R&R from the hospital: “You should have seen me,” he said, “a black man horseback riding in Japan!”]

On 20 May, the entire 2d Ranger Company was in a firefight. Hill 581 was a tough hill to take. I think that we slept on the forward side of the hill. I dug a spot and covered up with my parachute because of the rain. We went over the hill that afternoon and dug in to defend our positions. We got attacked for about six hours. To me, this was the longest engagement with the enemy that we had. It was a rough time for me because I had diarrhea and I couldn’t leave the foxhole. Bullets were flying everywhere. I was firing my rifle and shitting at the same time. It was quite an ordeal!

They were overrunning our position. We were forced to pull back and set up on the opposite side of the hill. Lieutenant Queen called in the artillery. He kept telling them: “Drop closer! Drop closer!” until the enemy was forced back.

At daybreak we went back and cleaned up and secured the hill. We found out later that 2d Ranger Company was the only outfit that stayed on Hill 581.33

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