WITH THE 99TH DIVISION IN GERMANY -- PFC. George W. Akins of Mobile, Alabama, is glad that some of the cogs of Hitler's war machine are now being made of wood.
Akins, a member of the 99th Reconnaissance Troop, was bending over when a Kraut armed with a machine pistol burped a wooden slug into the seat of his pants.
When he recovered from the blow at his posterior, he was relieved to find his pants only full of splinters. The medics treated him for burns.
99th Recon