31 December 1943 Part 10

31 December 1943 Searchlight soldier fires at his strongpoint commander

Editorial note: The report identifies Grenadier Regiment 582 of the island garrison division but does not name the island or strongpoint. This internal disciplinary incident is not an Allied combat action.

3. 19:30: Gefreiter Horst David, Searchlight Platoon, Grenadier Regiment 582, 319th Infantry Division, fired four pistol shots at his strongpoint commander without hitting him. Perpetrator fled.

T-312 Roll 1570, Seventh Army records. Supplied English translation T312_R1570_English_Translation.docx. PDF page 291; report of 1 January 1944. Selected island-related extract; PDF page numbers refer to the source reel as numbered in the supplied translation.