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S/SGT. FRANKLIN DENIUS
Chief of Detail for Forward Observer Party, 230th Field Artillery, Battery C. Frank survived the onslaught at Hill 314, after his battalion was cut-off and surrounded by German Panzer Divisions, for more than 6 days. Trained as a Forward Observer, he called artillery fire that helped keep the men on Hill 314 alive and eventually turned back the German offensive. Although the Germans gave his battalion an ultimatum, to surrender or be annihilated…he recalls; “we had no thoughts of surrender.” Frank was wounded twice and received 4 Silver Stars. |