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-4- 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.