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Skirmish at Neuville
Skirmish at Neuville
German Soldiers preparing to fire
Conflict:

World War II

Date:

June 9th, 1944

Place:

Neuville, Normandy, France

Outcome:

US Victory

Combatants

United States

Nazi Germany

Commanders

Captain Fred Hamill
Captain John H. Miller

German HQ Commander

Strength

About 100 paratroopers, and 8 Rangers

About 100 Whermacht Soldiers

Casualties

Jonsey, Private Adrian Caparzo, unknown amount of paratroopers.

The commander, one Sniper, 6 other officers, unknown amount of infantry

The Skirmish at Neuville was a small fight at the town of Neuville.

History

After the U.S. Airborne landed in Normandy, some Paratroopers misdropped at Neuville-au-Plain. The town had a lot of German Soldiers, and the men had to hold them off until reinforcements could arrive. The 101st Airborne American forces were commanded by Captain Fred Hamill and Miller's Men were commanded by Captain John H. Miller.

The fight started when a German sniper shot Caparzo through the chest when he was trying to help some French civilians. This forced the other Americans to take cover while Jackson took position behind some rubble to kill the sniper. Eventually, Jackson managed to kill the sniper by shooting right through his eye, killing him instantly. However, Caparzo still died as Jackson took too long to kill the sniper, leaving Carparzo to bleed out.

After that, they soon made it to a small tower of sorts and were resting there and waiting for Captain Hamill to arrive when Staff Sergeant Hill accidentally knocked a piece of wood against a stone wall that was made for the house where the German HQ was. The two sides shouted, threatening to shoot each other in panic until Hamill's men machine gunned the Nazis. Wade healed the only German survivor, who was wounded.

Americans

Captain John H. Miller

Sergeant Mike Horvath

Corporal Timothy E. Upham

Private Daniel Jackson

Private Richard Reiben

Private Stanley Mellish

T-4 Medic Irwin Wade

Sergeant Mike Horvath

Captain Fred Hamill

Staff Sergeant Hill

Private Goldman

Private James Frederick Ryan

Boyd

Hastings

Jimmy T.


Germans

Approximately 8 Wehrmacht Soldiers (including a sniper)

German HQ Commander

Battle Outcome

All 7 Germans were mowed down by Capt. Hamill and his battalion as well as Pvt. Caparzo being gunned down by a sniper, with aforementioned sniper later being dispatched by Pvt. Jackson.

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