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On June 6, at the start of our ordeal, we had about 52 men. We lost 13 and had some wounded along the way, while we were pinned down.
In the five days we were in that field, the Germans consistently challenged us. We were determined and fought off every attack.
On June 11, late in the afternoon, we heard firing from the Chef du Pont causeway. A few moments later, a 90th Infantry Division Master Sergeant uttered the first friendly words we heard since we dropped, he yelled ‘bring up that @#$%#@ BAZOOKA.’ We all stood up and cheered.
The sergeant said he would have our wounded evacuated and provide guides to lead us to our units. We owe that Sergeant and the 90th Division men. We were down to our last clips of ammunition and could not have held out for another day. 
"Hell's Half Acre" Survivors -- June 11, 1944 at Chef du PontThe Hq1 men that held out in "Hell's Half Acre" included George C. Baggett, Wm.P. Brown, Wm.H. Brown, Wm. B. Caton, H. DeCarvalho, Owen B. Hill, Peter R. Hillard, Gene Hull, Raymond Hummel, Arthur B. Jacoby, David Jones, Clifton Lowder, James J. McMahon, Lawrence E. Palmer, C. P. Reynolds, Glenn Sommerville, and Garfield Wilkinson.
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