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They had lost contact with their forward infantry units.  Littauer was ordered to send someone to reconnoiter the area and try to locate the line of combat.  I got the assignment.

I wish I could say that I found and reported what I was looking for, but I didn't.  First, the area was quite unfamiliar to me and much of it was heavily wooded.  There was little chance of seeing troops moving in the open, and I did not see a man.  German chasse kept appearing overhead.  Our planes were painted green on their upper surfaces, so that in the summer they were not easy to see against a background of foliage.  We were flying close to the ground, but I had to look out for attackers.  The shelling seemed to be concentrated at certain places, and those I reported.  But I could not tell which side it was coming from.