99 Infantry Battalion (Separate) (USA) the command post heavily shelled and destroyed
On the morning of August 26th the command post was heavily shelled and destroyed taking a heavy toll of officers. Among the injured was battalion Commander Lt. Colonel R. G. Turner. The command of the Battalion was then taken over by Major Harold D. Hansen who was at that time executive officer. At 1700 hours of the same day all organized small arms fire ceased, however, the Germans continued to throw in mortar and artillery fire from the north side of the Seine River. Eighty-six prisoners were taken by the 99th against a loss of nine officers wounded, seven enlisted men killed and 41 wounded. At 1800 hours on the 26th the unit was relieved by the Canadians and went into bivouac at St. Croix de Martin.
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