After that, all movement was confined to the trench system, and in a crouch, as German machine-gun fire was nearly continuous, cutting right across the top of the trench. But Malarkey saw one of the Germans killed by Winters, about 30 yards out in the field, with a black case attached to his belt. Malarkey thought it must be a Luger. He wanted it badly, so he ran out into the field, only to discover that it was a leather case for the 105 mm sight.
Winters was yelling at him, “Idiot, this place is crawling with Krauts, get back here!”
Evidently the Germans thought Malarkey was a medic; in any case the machine-gunners did not turn to him until he started running back into the trench. With bullets kicking up all around him, he dived under the 105.
Source:
Ambrose, Stephen Edward. “Follow Me.” Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2004. 82. Print.
Further Reading:
Technical Sergeant Donald G. Malarkey
Major Richard Davis "Dick" Winters
Pistole Parabellum 1908 / Parabellum-Pistole (Pistol Parabellum) / Luger Pistol
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