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Northern italy. in the companies mission was to attack and seize hill 913, a small hill located just to the northwest of the town and that hill covered, it was a dominating feature and covered the terrain at the mouth of the valley that the u.s. forces needed to cross. the company, including second lieutenant dole and his second platoon, commenced the attack in the early morning hours of 14, february, 1945. less than 30 days before v.e. day, celebrating the end of the war in europe in may. after only going a short distance, one of the men in front of the column in lieutenant dole s platoon stepped on a land mine triggering an explosion that shattered the stillness of the morning. the world explodes around lieutenant dole and his company and machine guns began to fire ....