With Hollywood-like bravado, George charged ahead alone, leaping over the block’s wire to— quite literally—fall on top of the enemy.
Now lying on a German soldier, George tussled with the man as another approached with bayonet in hand. Pulling out his revolver, George shot the two of them.
William Edwin Dyess (Aug, 9, 1916 – Dec, 22, 1943) was an U.S. Air Force officer during the Second World War. He was captured after the Allied loss at the Battle of Bataan and endured the subsequent Bataan Death March.
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