After Harry was take11 care of we cautiously made our Way back to the house for the children, this time keeping very close to the Wall. Much as we tried, ‘we couldn’t induce the children to leave the house. It was necessary to bring the mother back who finally brought them out.

It was horrible to see little children like them going through such terrible agony and there was a big lump in our throat as We Watched them being take11 back to safety...

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VVhile ‘we were fighting our way into Quinto, l1ouse by l1ouse, one of our comrades ‘was hit by a sniper in the leg a11d the bullet broke a bone. He fell to the ground and made feeble efforts to drag himself to safety while bullets from the Church and surrounding houses were crackling all around him.

William Frame, First Aid man, saw his plight. He and two volun- teers ran to his assistance immediately, and disregarding the snipers, picked him up and and carried him to safety.

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One of the buildings, fortified by walls three feet thick and with ma- chine—guns bristling in every window occupied a commanding position. The Fascists inside kept up a deadly fire and it was next to impossible to take Quinto until this was wiped out. Ten volunteers were called for and ten stepped forward immediately. The group was commanded by Carl Bradley, the writer of the story:

“We went armed with nitro-glycerine bottles and took a position about eight yards from the building. We hid there and waited while the ar- tillery pounded the building to keep the Fascist snipers away from the windows. The artillery accomplished this purpose but couldn’t demo- lisl1 the ‘Walls; they were too thick for that.

Two of the men were wounded. as We made our way to the building,

and three men had to carry them back, which left only five of us to ‘

carry on. But five was enough.

Each of us took a bottle of nitro—glycerine, picked out a window and bang! every bottle went home, exploding with tremendous flames insi- de. It was good pitching and we had to go back twice to get some more bottles. Next We rolled a drum of gasoline inside With a fuse attached to it a11d Waited until it exploded. That finished the job.

As we wended our way back We met hundreds of our soldiers stan- ding on the hill, Watching enthusiastically the wiping-out of this Fas- cist stronghold that snuffed out the lives of so many of their comrades. The building burned all night...”

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