
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, June 5, 1994                   TAG: 9406070008
SECTION: THE GREAT CRUSADE                    PAGE: D-DAY4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

FULL OF BOLOGNA, JAMES NORRIS KEPT STILL

PARATROOPER JAMES NORRIS of Roanoke landed in a bomb crater in the middle of a wheat field. It was still dark and his instructions were clear: sit tight until daybreak and do not draw attention to yourself. Whatever you do, don't start shooting.

Waiting there, Norris watched a German soldier ride past the crater's edge. He stayed silent. "He came right by us, and boy, he was moving. I could have knocked him off with my rifle, but I was scared to after they fed me that bologna, you know."

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