Major Everett S. Simpson and Homer L. Wise
The following is quote of Major (later Major General) Everett S. Simpson describing the action, published in T-Patch to Victory, 36th Infantry Division France-Germany-Austria, by Colonel Vincent M. Lockhart, published in 1981.
"The regiment was attacking the mountainous area near the town of Tendon, and we were assigned Hill 827 as our objective.The Tendon-LeTholy road was our line of departure. We assumed we were in safe territory, but I did have the sense enough to send out patrols to the flank and front.
"Every patrol that came in reported Germans to our flank and front. I didn't believe the two flank patrols, because their leaders hadn't been with us long, but the patrol to the front was led by Sergeant Homer Wise, who had been awarded the Medal of Honor in Italy, and I knew he knew what he was talking about.
"Major, those woods are full of Germans,' he said. I immediately ordered the attack and we hadn't been going ten minutes until I was wounded. Mortars hit all around us, and my right arm was shattered, and I had shell fragments in my back. My radio operator was killed. I was succeeded by Lt. Col A. Ward Gillette, who commanded the battalion until I came back in January.
"This was about 3 or 3:30 in the afternoon. When I started back, shock set in, and I passed out."
For his action Major Everett S. Simpson was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
Evrett Simpson and his battalion crossed the wood toward "Gerasat" where there's a few houses close to the Small Waterfall of Tendon to try to cross the road in the slope that bring to the top of the Hill 827. Here's a few foxholes at the bottom of the slope.
Photos courtesy of:
Sylvie and Herve Claudon, Tendon, France.
As the battle tested veterans of Company L, 142 Infantry, and 36th Division probed the outskirts of Magliano, Italy on the morning of June 14, 1944 they knew that the German soldiers facing them were strongly entrenched. The men of the 36th had met this enemy before, in Africa, on the bloody beaches of Salerno and in all the bitter battles in Italy.
Master Sergeant Homer L. Wise, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, fell into a crowded foxhole and roared, "Don't give me any crap about signed orders! Just gimme an M-1 and a batch of anti-tank grenades so I can get us to hell outa this mess!"
March 19, 1944. I joined the 142d Infantry when it came back from the Rapido River. We camped at the base of Mount Vesuvius, which blew its top that night. We had about a foot of ashes on us the next morning. We had to move to a new area.
STAMFORD ADVOCATE November 29, 1944. 
A rare article about Sgt. Homer L. Wise in 
