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As an indication of the amount of patrol activity conducted by the Rainbow, from February 18 to February 28 the infantry carried out a total of 139 reconnaissance and combat patrols. These patrols ranged over the entire Division front, penetrating the enemy lines up to a distance of 2,000 yards and determined the strength and location of enemy installations.
The 232nd Infantry conducted 38 reconnaissance patrols and 26 combat patrols during the same 11-day period. In these patrols two men were killed, 16 wounded and two were missing, while the known enemy casualties totaled 12 dead and three wounded. Here again the majority of the regiment's casualties were caused by mines.
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