Interview with James Day Merle Holmes: clip: Made First Sergeant; had to provide daily reports on casualties, enemy encroachment; calculating position of enemy artillery with "flash-to-bang" system; admirable platoon sergeant who was tough but fair, killed in action; writing to his mother and corresponding with her.

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James Day Merle Holmes - Interview with James Day Merle Holmes: clip: Made First Sergeant; had to provide daily reports on casualties, enemy encroachment; calculating position of enemy artillery with "flash-to-bang" system; admirable platoon sergeant who was tough but fair, killed in action; writing to his mother and corresponding with her.
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