Four with sound truck talk 1,000 Nazis into quitting
SHAEF, England (AP) –
Four British non-commissioned officers, who captured 1,000 Germans in the Cherbourg Peninsula with nothing more than a sound truck, have been awarded the Bronze Star, the first American decoration presented to British soldiers in Normandy.
The quartet, from a British signal unit, had a truck equipped with loudspeakers. They were loaned to the Americans for a particular task.
Trained in this type of work – one spoke German – the four moved forward, telling the Germans in their last resisting stronghold that their positions were hopeless.