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break for it, and try to get in a position behind
the gunman.
With a command to his men, he made a
dash for a position up the valley where he
would be out of the sniper’s range. As he took
off, his men opened fire at the gunman to, in
turn, draw his fire. Still, Randall could hear the
bullets whizzing past. At one point he tripped,
and it likely saved his life as a bullet missed a
direct hit, and instead only tore a bloody gash in
his arm.
The pain momentary dazed him, but the
thought of a promise he had made gave
determination to continue. When Germany had
invaded France, he and his family had been
over from America to visit his relatives. He
placed his wife and son on a ship back to
America, and then joined the French resistance.
Before he had, he had promised his young son,
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