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The sergeant who stayed pushed through five machine‑gun nests and bought time
A sergeant defies a direct withdrawal order, moving alone toward ten Japanese machine-gun positions in New Guinea. Can one man's refusal turn the tide of a brutal jungle war?
The sergeant who stayed pushed through five machine‑gun nests and bought time
This episode explores the ten-day battle for Sattelberg, a critical Lutheran mission in New Guinea, and the extraordinary decision of one sergeant that defied orders and changed the course of the conflict. It examines why this particular hill was so fiercely contested and how conventional tactics failed.
Person: Sergeant Tom Derrick
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